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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

Ellian MacGregor. You have it on those letters.

I beg your pardon, there is only E. M. Nothing more.

That, of course, means Ellian MacGregor.

Oh no. [Watching her closely] It might serve just as well for other names; for instance, Emilia Marty, Eugenie Montez or a thousand other names.

But it is Ellian MacGregor, the Scotch singer.

[Slowly with emphasis on each word]

Or, more probably—Ellina Makropoulos, the Greek from Crete.

Aha! Damnation!

Ah, hah! You knew about it, then?

Please; leave me in peace. [She comes down the steps to him] In God’s name, how do you know all this?