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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

[Still in the full heat of his oratory]

No, no. That’s not Marat; that’s Danton: the oration of the twenty-third of October, seventeen ninety-two. [Suddenly realizing who is present, he again becomes Vitek, the clerk] I beg a thousand pardons, Sir.

Isn’t the Doctor here?

[Hastily climbing down the ladder]

No, Sir, he hasn’t come back yet, Sir.

And the verdict?

I don’t know, Sir. It’s a shame—such a good case, Sir.

Is it lost?

That I don’t know; the Doctor has been in court all morning, but—I—should

[Throwing himself into the armchair]

Telephone the court! Ask for Dr. Kolonaty. Hurry!