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Page 63
[_Sitting upright and passing her hand over her back hair._] Were there
a fire, we could crouch over it and watch the flames consume them one by
one.
QUEX.
But there isn't a fire.
DUCHESS.
[_Rising, and taking the box from him._] Let us examine them.
QUEX.
No, no, no.
DUCHESS.
Yes, yes. [_Opening the box and gazing into it._] Ah, poor little
objects! dead, yet animate; silent, yet, oh, how eloquent! Don't go
away--[_She overturns the contents of the box on to the table. They
stand opposite each other, looking down upon the litter. She picks up a
ring._] A ring--[_thoughtfully_] turquoise and pearl. [_Recollecting._]
Stockholm! You remember--that night you and I sat watching the lights of
the caf� on the Norrbro--!
QUEX.
[_Hastily._] Yes, yes; you've recalled it already to-day.
DUCHESS.
[_Picking up a scarf-pin._] A scarf-pin. Copenhagen! Ah, that pretty
state-room of mine on the _Irene_!
QUEX.
Yes, yes, charming.
DUCHESS.
[_Taking up a locket._] A locket--my name in brilliants. Genoa! Look, it
still contains my hair.
QUEX.
[_Nodding._] H'm, um.
DUCHESS.
[_Taking up a white shoe._] My shoe. Where--?
QUEX.
[_Shaking his head._] I don't--
DUCHESS.
Mentone!
QUEX.
Of course--Mentone.
DUCHESS.
[_Discovering some object in the shoe._] What is this? [_Producing a
garter of pale-blue silk, with a diamond buckle._] A--a--where--? ah,
yes. [_Replacing the things in the box._] Oh, the poor little objects!
dead, yet animate; silent, yet, oh, how eloquent!
[_She passes him and slips the box into the drawer of the writing-table.
The clock strikes a quarter to twelve._
QUEX.
[_Glancing at the clock._] By Jove, it's late! I--I'll leave you now,
Sidonia.
DUCHESS.
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