Irene.
[With a glad cry of deliverance.] At last!
Professor Rubek.
[Springs up.] Irene—what is it!
Irene.
[Motioning him off.] Keep still, still, still! [Draws a deep breath and says, as though relieved of a burden.] There! Now they let me go. For this time.—Now we can sit down and talk as we used to—when I was alive.
Professor Rubek.
Oh, if only we could talk as we used to.
Irene.
Sit there, where you were sitting. I will sit here beside you.