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The Gravest Fault of Sir Herbert Tree 51
Tree read it swiftly, giving point and emphasis only when he came to
Keeps death his court and there the antic sits,
Scoffing his state, grinning at his pomp —
“I had thrown myself to the ground, my chin in my hand, my eyes straight on the Emperor’s. There was intoxication in the situation, and I felt it in my veins. . . . Well, when I was summoned to the
royal box the Emperor spoke, complimented, you know. We could at least agree in all modesty that Shakespeare was a great dramatist.
“ ‘Great because he is dramatic,’ said the Emperor.
“ ‘All great events in history are great because they are dramatic,’ I answered him ; and, in the thrill of the moment, aided perhaps by the consciousness that my costume of King Richard was more royal than his of the German Emperor and that we two were for the moment staged as king and king, I added: ‘And, if I may say so, what I’ve said of “events in history” is applicable to individuals.’ ”
Sir Herbert reconstructed the scene thrillingly. I not only heard, I saw, a prince of play-actors bestowing upon a prince of the purple a princely compliment.
“For that instant,” he said, “we were equals.”
He did not say: “For that instant, the German Emperor and Sir Herbert Tree were two accomplished actors giving a great performance.” He did not have to..say it.
He never says it all. He told me: “An Englishman talks better than he speaks, and an American speaks better than he talks” — from which, together with his amused smile, it was to be gathered that our