LUD. (sighing). Quite true! (With an effort.) Depressing topics we'll not touch upon— Let us begin as we are going on! For this will be a jolly Court, for little and for big! ALL. Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig! LUD. From morn to night our lives shall be as merry as a grig! ALL. Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig! LUD. All state and ceremony we'll eternally abolish— We don't mean to insist upon unnecessary polish— And, on the whole, I rather think you'll find our rule tollolish! ALL. Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig! JULIA. But stay—your new-made Court Without a courtly coat is— We shall require Some Court attire, And at a moment's notice. In clothes of common sort Your courtiers must not grovel— Your new noblesse Must have a dress Original and novel! LUD. Old Athens we'll exhume! The necessary dresses, Correct and true And all brand-new, The company possesses: Henceforth our Court costume Shall live in song and story, For we'll upraise The dead old days Of Athens in her glory! ALL. Yes, let's upraise The dead old days Of Athens in her glory! ALL. Agreed! Agreed! For this will be a jolly Court for little and for big! etc (They carry LUDWIG round stage and deposit him on the ironwork of well. JULIA stands by him, and the rest group round them.) END OF ACT I. ACT II. (THE NEXT MORNING.) SCENE.—Entrance Hall of the Grand Ducal Palace. Enter a procession of the members of the theatrical company (now dressed in the costumes of Troilus and Cressida), carrying garlands, playing on pipes, citharae, and cymbals, and heralding the return of LUDWIG and JULIA from the marriage ceremony, which has just taken place. CHORUS. As before you we defile, Eloia! Eloia! Pray you, gentles, do not smile If we shout, in classic style, Eloia! Ludwig and his Julia true Wedded are each other to— So we sing, till all is blue, Eloia! Eloia! Opoponax! Eloia! Wreaths of bay and ivy twine, Eloia! Eloia! Fill the bowl with Lesbian wine, And to revelry incline— Eloia!