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---


IRENE.