THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET
act iii
Prus
What?
Emilia
[With a gay bravado]
Yes, I was the mistress of Pepi Prus. Gregor’s our son.
Gregor
And Ellian MacGregor?
Emilia
That is I.
Gregor
Are you raving?
Emilia
I am your great-grandmother, or something like that. Ferdi was my boy. Do you understand?
Gregor
Which Ferdi?
Emilia
Ferdinand Gregor, but he is in the birth-record as Ferdinand Makropoulos because—well, there I gave his real name.
Kolonaty
And when were you born?
Emilia
[Raising her arms]
Fifteen hundred and eighty-five. Christos Soter! Leave me in peace.
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