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But what in all the world!

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Oh, I know you knew her very well indeed—long before you knew me.

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And had forgotten her, too—long before I knew you.

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[Sitting upright.] Can you forget so easily, Rubek?

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[Curtly.] Yes, very easily indeed. [''Adds harshly.''] When I want to forget.

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Even a woman who has been a model to you?

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When I have no more use for her

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One who has stood to you undressed?

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That means nothing—nothing for us artists. [With a change of tone.] And then—may I venture to ask—how was I to guess that she was in this country?