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Now! to work!
[_The wheels of a departing carriage are heard.
The door at the back opens gently and_ GENTZ _is seen introducing a woman wrapped in a cloak._]
GENTZ.
She's gone.
[_He calls the_ PRINCE.]
Prince!
THE DUKE.
[_Turning and seeing him._]
f.a.n.n.y?
f.a.n.n.y ELSSLER.
Franz!
GENTZ.
[_Aside._]
Farewell to dreams of Empire!
f.a.n.n.y.
[_In the_ DUKE'S _arms._]
Franz!
GENTZ.
[_Going out._]
Capital!
f.a.n.n.y.
[_Lovingly._]
My Franz!
[_The door closes on_ GENTZ. f.a.n.n.y _quickly leaves the_ DUKE _and speaks respectfully after making a profound curtsey._]
My Lord!
THE DUKE.
[_After looking round to a.s.sure himself_ GENTZ _is gone_.]
To work!
f.a.n.n.y.
[_Swinging herself on to the table._]
I've learnt whole chapters for to-day!
THE DUKE.
Go on.
f.a.n.n.y.
So, then, while Marshal Ney marched through the night, The Generals Gazan--
THE DUKE.
[_Learning the names by heart._]
Gazan--
f.a.n.n.y.
Suchet--
THE DUKE.
Suchet--
f.a.n.n.y.
Kept up a lively cannonade; And at the earliest dawn the Imperial Guard--
CURTAIN.
[Ill.u.s.tration: decoration of three bees]
[Ill.u.s.tration: decoration of four Ns topped alternately by eagles or crowns.]
THE SECOND ACT
