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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

Will they come to him?

If he inherits the property. As a remembrance of Miss [He smirks at his intentional slip]—er—his great-grandmother.

Listen, you will return those letters to me, won’t you?

Return? Have they ever been yours?

Oh, no. But Berti was going to give them to me.

I see. [And the Baron undoubtedly does see many things which have not been spoken] And, now, for showing me what I have in my house, I should like to offer you this beautiful bouquet.

You are not very generous. Berti offered me

A wagon-load?

No, but I don’t know how many millions.

And you took them?