Irene.

Yes, surely I will come. Wait for me here.

Professor Rubek.

[Repeats dreamily.] Summer night on the upland. With you. With you. [His eyes meet hers.] Oh, Irene—that might have been our life.—And that we have forfeited—we two.

Irene.

We see the irretrievable only when—

[Breaks off.

Professor Rubek.

[Looks inquiringly at her.] When——?

Irene.