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The Inspector.
No doubt it must have been. I thought so from the first.
Professor Rubek.
What is this lady's name, Inspector?
The Inspector.
She has registered herself as "Madame de Satow, with companion." We know nothing more.
Professor Rubek.
[Reflecting.] Satow? Satow?
Maia.
[Laughing mockingly.] Do you know any one of that name, Rubek? Eh?
Professor Rubek.
[Shaking his head.] No, no one.—Satow? It sounds Russian—or at all events Slavonic. [To the Inspector.] What language does she speak?
The Inspector.
When the two ladies talk to each other, it is in a language I cannot make out at all. But at other times she speaks Norwegian like a native.
Professor Rubek.
[Exclaims with a start.] Norwegian? You are sure you are not mistaken?
