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Professor Rubek.
But what in all the world!
Maia.
Oh, I know you knew her very well indeed—long before you knew me.
Professor Rubek.
And had forgotten her, too—long before I knew you.
Maia.
[Sitting upright.] Can you forget so easily, Rubek?
Professor Rubek.
[Curtly.] Yes, very easily indeed. [Adds harshly.] When I want to forget.
Maia.
Even a woman who has been a model to you?
Professor Rubek.
When I have no more use for her
Maia.
One who has stood to you undressed?
Professor Rubek.
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?
