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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

I don’t know.

You’d give it to all the world, wouldn’t you?

No—I don’t think so. Do not ask me.

Oh, yes you would, Miss, one likes so much to live.

[Covering up her eyes]

When everything is gone? Oh, no, no!

[She crosses over to a chair and sits down]

[Going over to her]

Thank you, for Janek.

Why?

For having thought of him now.

Thought of him? As if I could really think of anything else.

And here we are, arguing over eternal life.