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"I met him at the embassy yesterday. He's the half-brother to the King of Ruritania."
George Featherly
Rassendyll
"She's a lady who's well known for her wealth and ambition."
Bertram
Rassendyll
"I don't think he likes being only a Duke."
Featherly
Rassendyll
"I don't know if you can be good friends if you want the same thing."
The hotel owner
Rassendyll
"Duke Michael would like to be King, too, I'm sure."
The hotel owner
Rassendyll
"I feel quite sorry for the Duke, but it's right that the older brother becomes king."
Rassendyll
The hotel owner
"She was a guest of the Duke of Strelsau,"
Featherly
Rassendyll
"I believe she and her servants were guests of
Duke Michael."
Rassendyll
The police chief
"Let's hope we're all alive tonight."
Colonel Sapt
Rassendyll
"Only if you stay alive as long as that,"
Colonel Sapt
Rassendyll
"you will ride as fast as you can to the border and try to leave the country before it's light. ''
Colonel Sapt
Rassendyll
"You must leave the country as soon as you can. But you need a permit to leave the city."
Colonel Sapt
Rassendyll
"If you don't go to Strelsau, Duke Michael will be King tonight, and the King will either be dead or in prison,"
Colonel Sapt
Rassendyll
"Of course it's a risk, but we must have a King in Strelsau, or the city will belong to Michael within 24 hours "
Colonel Sapt
Rassendyll
"Yes, you must leave here before they arrive,"
Antoinette de Mauban
Rassendyll
"If all's well, why go there? And if all isn't well, I fear there'll be a trap."
Max Holf
The Duke
"Is all is well sir?,"
Freyler
Rassendyll
"That's why they said that all's well. But when did they find out?"
Rassendyll
Colonel Sapt
But what's happened to your hand? Are you hurt?
Fritz
Rassendyll
"You've hurt your hand,"
The Duke
Rassendyll
"You do know that Michael will be very angry."
Flavia
Rassendyll
"So you don't mind making Michael angry?"
Flavia
Rassendyll
"Duke Michael won't like it if you become too popular with his people, you know."
Fritz
Rassendyll
"It's not just your red hair that makes you different from your brother,"
Rose
Rassendyll
"They say the King has red hair, just like you!"
The daughter of the hotel owner
Rassendyll
"How do you know the King has red hair?"
The hotel owner
The daughter of the hotel owner
"Many men have red hair like me,"
Rassendyll
The daughter of the hotel owner
"We don't often see it in our country unless you're part of the King's family,"
The daughter of the hotel owner
Rassendyll
"Although you look like identical twins, you do not have identical personalities or skills."
Sapt and Fritz
Rassendyll
"The King likes to live well,"
Fritz
Rassendyll
"But the Duke knows where the real King is, and all his men know!"
Rassendyll
Colonel Sapt
"But I think the King's still alive, and I don't think they'll do anything to him if you're in the capital."
Colonel Sapt
Rassendyll
"And he cannot accuse Rassendyll of anything
because then people will know that he's kidnapped the King."
Colonel Sapt
Fritz
"And we cannot accuse him in public without admitting that I'm not the real King,"
Rassendyll
Sapt and Fritz
Because then people would know you've kidnapped the real King
Rassendyll
Hentzau
"So no one can do anything! It's a stalemate!"
Fritz
Rassendyll and Colonel Sapt
"But wait. Half of Michael's Six Men are in Strelsau with the Duke."
Fritz
Rassendyll and Colonel Sapt
"Only half? Then that means the other half are guarding the King,"
Colonel Sapt
Fritz
"So that means the King must be alive. If the King were dead, all the Six Men would be here with the Duke."
Fritz
Rassendyll
We can offer you a safe journey to the
border and fifty thousand English pounds,"
Detchard
Rassendyll
He offers you a safe journey to the border and a million gold pieces."
Hentzau
Rassendyll
"I'll give you fifty thousa1d pieces of gold if you do what I ask you tomorrow night,"
Rassendyll
Johann
"He also realises his position in society has responsibilities."
Rose
Rassendyll
"You only see opportunities in yours."
Rose
Rassendyll
“ to a man like me opportunities are responsibilities .”
Rassendyll
Rose
"I've learned all about duties and responsibilities"
Rassendyll
Flavia
“a person with a position in society has responsibilities.”
Rassendyll
The reader
“without a position in society, we all have a duty
to help other people when we can, and we all
become better people for doing so.”
Rassendyll
The reader
"Yes, you look very like the King of Ruritania,"
Rose
Rassendyll
" He looks just like the King!"
One of the king’s men
Another one of the king’s men
"He's about the same height as the King, too!"
Colonel Sapt
Fritz
"Whether I like it or not, you can't help looking like me."
The king
Rassendyll
"People say he only likes hunting and good food."
The hotel owner
Rassendyll
"Let's say he prefers eating to action, but he's a kind man and he's our King. We'd do anything for him."
Fritz
Rassendyll