[Breathless.] Tell me at once: what have you done to the child?
Professor Rubek.
I will tell you if you will sit and listen quietly to what I say.
Irene.
[Hides the knife.] I will listen as quietly as a mother can when she——
Professor Rubek.
[Interrupting.] And you must not look at me while I am telling you.
Irene.
[Moves to a stone behind his back.] I will sit here, behind you.—Now tell me.
Professor Rubek.