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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

Leave her alone.

Don’t burn it! It’s an historical document.

Wait! Don’t!

Good God!

Take it away from her.

Leave her alone!

[They are again crushed in silence]

Why, look, it doesn’t want to burn.

It’s parchment.

How slowly it glows. Kristina, don’t burn yourself.

Won’t you please let me have just a little bit! Just a little piece of it?