Rudolf Rassendyll:
[
having difficulty putting on the King's ring] I hope the crown's a better fit.
Rupert of Hentzau:
[
referring to the King] He's in a woodcutter's cabin. Oh, and by the way, royal blood is not blue as most people think. It's red. I know because I had to spill a little.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
But surely, no woman in her right senses would prefer the duke to you.
Rupert of Hentzau:
Women are never in their right senses, thank goodness!
Rudolf Rassendyll:
[
when his life is threatened by Hentzau] Half my kingdom... for a match.
Rupert of Hentzau:
Somebody once called fidelity the fading woman's greatest weapon, the charming woman's greatest hypocrisy, and you're very charming.
King Rudolf V:
You must forgive me if I seem a little slow, but it's a bit early in the day to see double. Even for me.
King Rudolf V:
You're a good fellow. Oh, you're English, but you're a good fellow.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
I know my clothes are a little conservative, but we English always dress as if we're going to a funeral when we're on a holiday.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
I probably looked like a prize idiot and talked like one too.
Princess Flavia:
You're too modest. You really looked and acted like a King today.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
Oh, thank you.
Princess Flavia:
It was delightfully unexpected.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
Oh.
Rupert of Hentzau:
I'm glad you stopped lying to me. I hate being lied to by women. They never did before. I always lied to them.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
I was hoping that our skeleton was safe at home in our family cupboard.
Fritz von Tarlenheim:
Some skeletons are prodigious travelers.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
Well I think everything went off very well don't you? For a coronation. I mean, that is, not that a coronation shouldn't go well. Provided the king puts in an appearance suitably dressed and suitably rehearsed.
Princess Flavia:
And suitably sober.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
And suitably sober! Yes, I was hoping you would notice that.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
I hope your trout take as much interest in me as you do. I shan't be able to land them fast enough.
King Rudolf V:
I propose a toast.
Man:
Here here!
Fritz von Tarlenheim:
Another toast!
King Rudolf V:
A toast to... have we anybody left?
Rudolf Rassendyll:
Your brother Michael, perhaps?
King Rudolf V:
We drink to Michael in vinegar, my friend, not in good wine.
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