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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET [Yawning]

Aren’t they a pair, those two? I wonder if they’ve reached paradise?

I beg your pardon?

I wonder if they have

Certainly not!

[Calmly]

But why not? Who’d grudge them the pleasure?

[Piteously]

Krista, it isn’t true, is it?

[In confusion]

But, Papa, how can you?

Stop it, you fools. What wasn’t will be. [A weary tone creeps into her voice] And then you’ll find it wasn’t worth it—at all.

What is worth it, then?