THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET
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Gregor
[Getting up and coming to the front of the stage]
Why do you speak to me as though I were a boy? I’d give half my inheritance if
Emilia
Well?
Gregor
It’s unbearable how small I feel beside you!
[Pause]
Emilia
[Turning round]
What is your name?
Gregor
I beg your pardon?
Emilia
What is your name?
Gregor
Gregor.
Emilia
The rest?
Gregor
MacGregor.
Emilia
But your first name, idiot?
Gregor
Albert.
Emilia
Your mother calls you Berti, doesn’t she?
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