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Irene.
What does he want?
Maia.
He wants you to help him to open a casket that has snapped to.
Irene.
Can I help him in that?
Maia.
He says you are the only person that can.
Irene.
Then I must try.
Maia.
Yes, you really must, madam.
[She goes down by the path to the hotel.
[In a little while Professor Rubek comes down to Irene, but stops with the brook between them.
Irene.
[After a short pause.] She—the other one—said that you had been waiting for me.
Professor Rubek.
I have waited for you year after year—without myself knowing it.
