(..) The croissants are baked by my cook from Vienna. I brought him with me. Please. It was hard and that's why i appreciate your patriotic action. Before that, you fought on the italian front. I know. I... Your excellency... Please have some caviar. Attention. (..)

(..) But i wanted to show to all of them of what i am capable of. I signed up as a volunteer. I fought at Galicja and won medals. I proved to myself that i am not afraid of death. I did my job as a soldier, as an officer, as a man! Who doesn't ask himself "why, why?" as a floozie, as an invalid. (..)