[_The_ SECRETARY _holds the door open for the_ CHIEF OF
STAFF _who is about to go out when suddenly in the doorway appears
a young man of thirty, pale, dark, timid. He hesitates on the
threshold._


SECRETARY

[_Taken aback, bowing._

Your Majesty!


CHIEF OF STAFF

[_Drawing back._

My King!

[PRIME MINISTER _and_ MINISTER OF WAR _bow._


KING

[_Courteously._

I trust I am not breaking in upon a matter that does not concern me?


PRIME MINISTER