ACT III—SCENE I
[The sitting room of a hotel suite. At the left is a window; and on the right is a door into the corridor. In the center is a curtained entrance into Emilia’s bedroom.
Emilia comes out of the bedroom in negligée, followed by Prus in evening clothes, tying his tie. Prus, without a word, sits down on the right. Emilia goes to the window, pulls up the curtain and looks out.]
Emilia
A gray dawn. [She turns back to Prus] Well? [There is a pause in which neither moves] Give it to me. [There is another pause; then she speaks sharply to him] Do you hear? Give me that envelope.
[Prus reaches inside his coat for a leather wallet, takes out a sealed envelope and places it on the table. Emilia grabs the envelope and hurries to her dressing table. She sits down, lights a lamp, looks at the seal, hesitates, then quickly cuts it open with a hairpin and pulls out a faded yellow manuscript. With a gasp of joy she quickly folds and hides it in her bosom. She rises]
Emilia
Good!
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