Irene.
I went into the darkness—when the child stood transfigured in the light.
Professor Rubek.
Have you travelled much about the world?
Irene.
Yes. Travelled in many lands.
Professor Rubek.
[Looks compassionately at her.] And what have you found to do, Irene?
Irene.
[Turning her eyes upon him.] Wait a moment; let me see—. Yes, now I have it. I have posed on the turntable in variety-shows. Posed as a naked statue in living pictures. Raked in heaps of money. That was more than I could do with you; for you had none.—And then I turned the heads of all sorts of men. That, too, was more than I could do with you, Arnold. You kept yourself better in hand.