THE LADY.

--one whom you have taken to you after my lifetime.


PROFESSOR RUBEK.

[Suddenly looking hard at her.] After your--? What do you mean by
that, Irene?


IRENE.

[Without answering.] And the child? I hear the child is prospering
too. Our child survives me--and has come to honour and glory.


PROFESSOR RUBEK.

[Smiles as at a far-off recollection.] Our child? Yes, we called it
so--then.


IRENE.

In my lifetime, yes.


PROFESSOR RUBEK.