THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET
act ii
Emilia
Perhaps.
[She turns and walks up to the throne and sits down]
Prus
[Following her]
You know what I should like to know?
Emilia
Well?
Prus
What you are like in love.
Emilia
You mean things of—intimate relations?
Prus
Perhaps.
Emilia
Perhaps I remind you of Ellian.
Prus
God forbid!
[He turns and steps quickly off the dais]
Emilia
[Lightly]
Well, she was only an adventuress—licentious—that’s all.
Prus
What was her real name?
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