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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

Three hundred and thirty-nine years, if you please.

I ask you once more to speak seriously. How old are you?

Three hundred and thirty-nine years.

Well, upon my word! And who was your father?

Hieronymus Makropoulos, the personal physician of Emperor Rudolph II.

[Completely exasperated]

To hell with you! I’m not going to talk to her!

[He sits down and Prus rises]

What is your real name?

Elina Makropoulos.

What! Elina Makropoulos, the mistress of Joseph Prus?

[With a little bow]

You put it nicely.