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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

That was careless.

Unquestionably. [He gets up] Any more questions?

Yes. To whom does the old Prus house belong?

To my opponent, Jaroslav Prus.

And what are those cabinets where you put wills called?

Archives.

Files.

Then listen. [''They approach her. She speaks rapidly in a low voice''] In the Prus house there used to be such a cabinet. Every drawer had a date and there Pepi used to put bills and other old papers. Do you follow me?

Yes.

And on one of the drawers there was the date, eighteen hundred and sixteen. In that year Pepi met Ellian MacGregor during the Congress at Vienna.