Professor Rubek.

[As though looking back into himself.] And yet, Irene——

Irene.

[Completing his thought]—yet we two let slip all that life and its beauty.

Professor Rubek.

[Softly, urgently.] Does repentance come too late, now?

Irene.

[Does not answer, but sits silent for a moment; then she points over the upland.] Look there, Arnold,—now the sun is going down behind the peaks. See what a red glow the level rays cast over all the heathery knolls out yonder.

Professor Rubek.

[Looks where she is pointing.] It is long since I have seen a sunset in the mountains.