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THE MAKROPOULOS SECRET

No.

Are you very anxious to have him win the case?

No.

Thank you. [He leans back a moment] I don’t want to inquire further. How do you know what is in the locked closets of my house? It is apparently your secret.

Yes. Well?

You knew that there were certain letters. You knew that there was Prus’s last will. Even that it was sealed. By the way, did you know that there was something else, besides?

[Excitedly getting up]

You found something there? What was it?

I don’t know. That is what I’m asking you.

You don’t know what it is?

Do you?