Maia.
[Slowly.] It’s true that things like that are a great deal too hard for me.
Professor Rubek.
Oh no, they are not at all in your line, Maia.
Maia.
[With an outburst.] And heaven knows I don’t want them to be, either!
Professor Rubek.
I know that very well.—And it was with no idea of finding any such help in my life-work that I married you.
Maia.
[Observing him closely.] I can see in your face that you are thinking of some one else.