Professor Rubek.
—And taken the train out to the lake—to stay there over Sunday——
Irene.
[With an evil gleam of hatred in her eyes.] It was an episode, Arnold.
Professor Rubek.
[As if not hearing.] Then, too, you used to set birds swimming in the brook. They were water-lilies which you——
Irene.
They were white swans.
Professor Rubek.
I meant swans, yes. And I remember that I fastened a great furry leaf to one of the swans. It looked like a burdock-leaf——