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 that. [''The comes down right. exits through the archway.''] He is always trying to close the door in my face. [Looks at them wonderingly.] What's the matter? You look so cheerful, Juhasz.

—Excellency I don't know how to tell you. [ is about to go.] Don't go, Miss Paula.

—I only wanted to see whether the cap has arrived for his excellency.

—Thank you, Paula.

—Not at all, your excellency. [She exits through the archway.]

—Well, what is it? Things going wrong after all?

—Not exactly wrong, excellency. I suppose everything that happens is for the best. But just a while ago your excellency was kind enough to repeat what you had often said before [Pushes a stool toward him.] Please sit down.

—[Sits.] Well?

—That desk at Gerelypuszta which was always open to me.

—Yes, yes. What of it?

—Well, I'd like to go back to that desk.

—How's that? In the last ten minutes you've

—In the last ten minutes.