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Professor Rubek.
[Starts.] Killed!
Irene.
Killed him with a fine sharp dagger which I always have with me in bed
Professor Rubek.
[Vehemently.] I don't believe you, Irene!
Irene.
[With a gentle smile.] Indeed you may believe it, Arnold.
Professor Rubek.
[Looks compassionately at her.] Have you never had a child?
Irene.
Yes, I have had many children.
Professor Rubek.
And where are your children now?
Irene.
I killed them.
Professor Rubek.
[Severely.] Now you are telling me lies again!
Irene.
I have killed them, I tell you—murdered them pitilessly. As soon as ever they came into the world. Oh, long, long before. One after the other.
