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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET [After a moment's silence; quietly]

You have robbed me.

[With a sneer]

You had—just what you wanted.

You have robbed me. As cold as ice. As if I were holding a corpse. [He shudders] And for that, I have given you these papers that didn’t belong to me. A nice business.

Are you sorry you gave me the sealed envelope?

I’m sorry I met you. I should not have given it to you. Just as if I stole it! Terrible terrible!

Do you want some breakfast?

I want nothing. [He goes over to her] Let me look at you. I don’t know what was in the envelope. Perhaps it is of some value. But—even if it had only the value of being sealed—only the value—that I didn’t know what was in it.