PROFESSOR RUBEK.

[Changing the subject.] H'm--don't let us talk any more of the past---


IRENE.

No, no--by all means let us not talk of what is beyond the grave--what
is now beyond the grave for me.


PROFESSOR RUBEK.

Where have you been, Irene? All my inquiries were fruitless--you
seemed to have vanished away.


IRENE.

I went into the darkness--when the child stood transfigured in the
light.


PROFESSOR RUBEK.

Have you travelled much about the world?


IRENE.