Professor Rubek.
[Softly, urgently.] Does repentance come too late, now? Irene. [Does not answer, but sits silent for a moment; then she points over the upland.] Look there, Arnold,—now the sun is going down behind the peaks. See what a red glow the level rays cast over all the heathery knolls out yonder. Professor Rubek. [Looks where she is pointing.] It is long since I have seen a sunset in the mountains. Irene. Or a sunrise? Professor Rubek. A sunrise I don't think I have ever seen. Irene. [Smiles as though lost in recollection.] I once saw a marvellously lovely sunrise. Professor Rubek. Did you? Where was that? Irene. High, high up on a dizzy mountain-top.—You beguiled me up there by promising that I should see all the glory of the world if only I [She stops suddenly.
