Irene.
No, no—by all means let us not talk of what is beyond the grave—what is now beyond the grave for me.
Professor Rubek.
Where have you been, Irene? All my inquiries were fruitless—you seemed to have vanished away.
Irene.
I went into the darkness—when the child stood transfigured in the light.
Professor Rubek.
Have you travelled much about the world?
Irene.
Yes. Travelled in many lands.
Professor Rubek.
[Looks compassionately at her.] And what have you found to do, Irene?
Irene.
[Turning her eyes upon him.] Wait a moment; let me see—. Yes, now I have it. I have posed on the turntable in variety-shows. Posed as a naked statue in living pictures. Raked in heaps of money. That was more than I could do with you; for you had none.—And then I turned the heads of all sorts of men. That, too, was more than I could do with you, Arnold. You kept yourself better in hand.
