[In a low voice.] Go down and speak to her alone, Rubek.
Professor Rubek.
And where will you go in the meantime?
Maia.
[Looking significantly at him.] Henceforth I shall go my own ways.
[She descends from the hillock and leaps over the brook, by aid of her alpenstock. She stops beside Irene.
Maia.
Professor Rubek is up there, waiting for you, madam.
Irene.
What does he want?