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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

No one rehearses today. Oh, dear! Janek, I’m so unhappy!

Why?

[He tries to kiss her]

No, Janek, don’t kiss me—please—I have other cares now. I mustn’t think of you any more.

But, Krista!

Be sensible, Janek. If I’m to get anywhere, I must change my whole life. [Very seriously] Janek, if one thinks all the time about some one thing, and only about the same thing, it must come true, mustn’t it?

Of course.

So, you see. I have to think only about my art. [She mounts the throne and sits down] Marty is marvelous, isn’t she, Janek?

She is, but

You don’t understand. It’s her marvelous technique. I didn’t sleep the whole night. I