Maia.
[With quiet defiance.] Yes, I suppose it is that you have gone and tied yourself to me—for life.
Professor Rubek.
I would not have expressed myself so heartlessly.
Maia.
But you would have meant it just as heartlessly.
Professor Rubek.
You have no clear idea of the inner workings of an artist’s nature.
Maia.
[Smiling and shaking her head.] Good heavens, I haven’t even a clear idea of the inner workings of my own nature.