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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

Oh, is that so? [Sharply] And is there anything else I can do for you?

[She rises to leave]

I don’t want to take up your time.

[Also rising]

I beg your pardon. I hardly think you’d come here without some reason.

No. [She sits down again] There is something I wanted to tell you.

[Sitting down]

Concerning the Gregor case?

Yes.

But aren’t you a stranger?

Yes, of course. I only learned this morning about your—about this gentleman’s case. Purely by chance.

Really!

Only from the newspapers. I was reading