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- per.] Arnold—have you done any evil to our
child?
Professor Rubek.
[Evasively.] Any evil?—How can I be sure what you would call it?
Irene.
[Breathless.] Tell me at once: what have you done to the child?
Professor Rubek.
I will tell you if you will sit and listen quietly to what I say.
Irene.
[Hides the knife.] I will listen as quietly as a mother can when she
Professor Rubek.
[Interrupting.] And you must not look at me while I am telling you.
Irene.
[Moves to a stone behind his back.] I will sit here, behind you.—Now tell me.
Professor Rubek.
[Takes his hands from before his eyes and gazes straight in front of him.] When I had found you, I knew at once how I should make use of you for my life-work.
Irene.
"The Resurrection Day" you called your life-work.—I call it "our child."
