Maia.

You begin to make me feel curious, Rubek.

Professor Rubek.

Only curious? Not a little bit uneasy.

Maia.

[Shaking her head.] Not in the least.

Professor Rubek.

Good. Then listen.—You said that day down at the Baths that it seemed to you I had become very nervous of late——

Maia.

Yes, and you really have.