Irene.
You took both my hands and pressed them warmly. And I stood there in breathless expectation. And then you said: “So now, Irene, I thank you from my heart. This,” you said, “has been a priceless episode for me.”
Professor Rubek.
[Looks doubtfully at her.] Did I say "episode"? It is not a word I am in the habit of using.
Irene.
You said “episode.”
Professor Rubek.
[With assumed cheerfulness.] Well, well—after all, it was in reality an episode.
Irene.
[Curtly.] At that word I left you.