THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET
act ii
and, posturing as for a dance, plays imaginary castanets] Salero. Dios mio. How much you look like her. Eugenie, Eugenie!
[He cries]
Prus
Hauk, be careful.
Hauk-Sendorf
[Coming to himself]
I beg your pardon. I ought to be leaving.
Emilia
I shall see you again, Max?
Hauk-Sendorf
Quite so. I shall see you again? Allow me to present my compliments. Oh, when I look at you like this
Emilia
[Suddenly rising and hurrying down the steps, comes close to him]
Kiss me.
Hauk-Sendorf
What, eh?
Emilia
Besa me, bobo, bobazo!
(Kiss me. You big simpleton!)
Hauk-Sendorf
Jesús mil veces, Eugenia.
(By a thousand heavens, Eugenia!)
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