WER.
Just, did you ever hear of Prince Heraclius?

JUST.
Heraclius? Not that I know of.

WER.
Don't you know the great hero of the East?

JUST.
I know the wise men of the East well enough, who go about with the
stars on New Year's Eve.

WER.

Brother, I believe you read the newspapers as little as the Bible. You
do not know Prince Heraclius. Not know the brave man who seized
Persia, and will break into the Ottoman Porte in a few days? Thank
God, there is still war somewhere in the world! I have long enough
hoped it would break out here again. But there they sit and take care
of their skins. No, a soldier I was, and a soldier I must be again! In
short, (looking round carefully, to see if anyone is listening)
between ourselves, Just, I am going to Persia, to have a few campaigns
against the Turks, under his Royal Highness Prince Heraclius.

JUST.
You?

WER.
I myself. Our ancestors fought bravely against the Turks; and so ought