Alexandra took the revolver from her small Florence leather bag and stuffed it with a silver percussion cap box into Joseph's hand, then asked somewhat "expectantly":
"Is this what you're going to do?"
Joseph winked at her: "Want to see a fireworks display?"
The Crown Princess glanced through the curtain at the colorful fireworks bursting in the square and nodded forcefully: "Yes, I want to see!"
Joseph poured out the bullets from the gun, leaving only the gunpowder, then pulled open the curtain swiftly, pushed open the window, and pulled the trigger at the linden tree over ten meters away.
The firelight accompanied by a "bang" tearing through the night sky startled the nobles tinkering with binoculars on the tree, almost making them fall off.
Joseph swiftly installed the percussion cap, and fired another shot.
