Otto What were you doing in Dresden?
Bakunin When I arrived or when I left? Otto Just generally.

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Otto What brought you to Dresden? Before you answer, I should tell you, both the Austrian and Russian emperors have asked for you to be handed over to them. Bakunin (Pause.) When I arrived, I was using Dresden as my base while plotting the destruction of the Austrian Empire, which I consider a necessary first step to put Europe in flames and thus set off a revolution in Russia. But after a week or two, to my amazement, a Revolution broke out against the king of Saxony...

For full extended scene, please see the edition cited here: Stoppard, Tom. The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck. Act 2, “May 1849.” 2002.