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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

Perhaps.

[Following her]

You know what I should like to know?

Well?

What you are like in love.

You mean things of—intimate relations?

Perhaps.

Perhaps I remind you of Ellian.

God forbid!

[He turns and steps quickly off the dais]

[Lightly]

Well, she was only an adventuress—licentious—that’s all.

What was her real name?