THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET
act ii
Emilia
[She starts and gets up]
What?
Hauk-Sendorf
Eugenie. I—I knew her—lady—it is—it is fifty years ago.
Emilia
[Trying to cover her confusion]
Who is this great fool?
Prus
Hauk-Sendorf.
Emilia
[To herself]
Hauk-Sendorf—Max? [She descends from the throne] Oh, yes, won’t you get up?
Hauk-Sendorf
[Rising]
May I—may I call you Eugenie?
Emilia
[In the kind tone one uses to children]
You may call me anything you like. So I look like her?
Hauk-Sendorf
Look like her? Dear lady, yesterday—yesterday in the theater I thought—I thought that it was she—my Eugenie—the voice—the eyes—she used to be so beautiful—Good God! And the forehead—it startled me. [He pauses and stands back to look at her] But you are taller.
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