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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

And if he doesn’t?

What can we do?

You will have to get the drawer open some other way. [She stands close to him, looking him straight in the eyes] Do you understand?

Oh, yes, I suppose, at midnight with a rope ladder and a skeleton key and all that. My dear lady, you certainly have queer ideas about us lawyers.

But you must get it.

Well, we shall see. Anything else?

If those letters are there you will find among them a big, yellow envelope.

And in it?

The last will of Prus, written in his own hand and sealed.

My God!