You seem to think the whole
affair's a sort of German joke. So it is, by Zeus--that's to say it's no
joke at all.
_The Kaiser._ Manners, TINO, manners.
_The King._ I'm sick and tired of all this talk.
_The Kaiser._ If you go on like that I shall not talk to you any more.
_The King._ Don't say that; I could not bear such a loss. But, seriously,
are you going to help as you promised?
_The Kaiser._ I cannot help you now. You must play for time.
_The King._ I've exhausted all the possibilities of playing for time. It
wouldn't be the least good. They really mean it this time, and they've
given me a strictly limited period for compliance.
_The Kaiser._ Well, I suppose you know best, but I should have thought you
could have spun out negotiations for a hit--given them a little promise
here and a little promise there on the chance of something turning up.
_The King._ The long and the short of it is that you promised to help us,
but it was only a little promise here or there, and you don't mean to keep
it. I shall accept the ultimatum.
_The Kaiser._ The what? The telephone's buzzing again.
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