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R. U. R.
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Nana
All right. He leaves them all over the place. That's how they get crumpled up.
[Exits.]
Helena
[Looking through a binocular at the harbor]: That's a warship. U-l-t-i Ultimus. They're loading it.
Nana
Here they are. See how they're crumpled up.
[Enters.]
Helena
They're old ones. A week old.
[Nana sits in chair and reads the newspapers.]
Helena
Something's happening, Nana.
Nana
Very likely. It always does. [Spelling out the words]: "War in the Bal-kans." Is that far off?
Helena
Oh, don't read it. It's always the same. Always wars.