The Lonely Way-Intermezzo-Countess Mizzie - LightNovelsOnl.com
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But you can't break away!
CECILIA
Oh, if I really want to. The Director does not care to enforce the contract.
AMADEUS
But you don't want to, Cecilia!
CECILIA
That's a matter for careful consideration. I shall be doing a great deal better there.
AMADEUS
Beginning next Fall, I shall--probably be free. You might wait that long, I should think. Then we could make the move together. But....
CECILIA
It doesn't have to be settled to-day, Amadeus. To-morrow we shall have time to discuss the whole matter thoroughly. Really, I am not in a condition to do so to-night.
AMADEUS
You are tired...?
CECILIA
Of course, you must understand that. In fact, I should very much prefer.... (_She looks in direction of the door leading to her own room_)
CHAMBERMAID (_brings in the tea tray and puts it on a small table_)
CECILIA
Oh, that's right!--May I pour you a cup, too?
AMADEUS
If you please.
CECILIA (_pours the tea; to the chambermaid_)
Open one of the windows a little, will you. There's such a lot of cigarette smoke in here.
CHAMBERMAID (_opens the window at the right_)
AMADEUS
Won't it be too cold for you?
CECILIA
Cold? It has turned very warm again.
AMADEUS
And how did last night's performance go otherwise?
CECILIA
Very well. Wedius in particular proved himself inimitable again.
AMADEUS
You have mentioned him several times in your letters.
CECILIA
You know him since your Dresden period, don't you?
AMADEUS
Yes. He has great gifts.
CECILIA
He thinks a great deal of you, too.
AMADEUS
I'm pleased to hear it.
CHAMBERMAID (_goes out_)
AMADEUS (_helping himself to the cold meat_)
Can I help you to some?
CECILIA
No, thanks. I have had all I want.
AMADEUS
Yes, you have had your supper already--all of you, or "everybody," as you put it a while ago.
CECILIA (_ingenuously_)
I had my supper with Sigismund.
