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GENERAL. There, you see, you wrote that there are such and such texts in
the Gospels. Well, the Priest knows all about that. Have a talk with the
Priest, and then think things over. That will be best. Good-bye, and I
hope "au revoir," when I shall be able to congratulate you on having
entered the Tsar's service. Send the Priest here. [Exit, followed by
Colonel and Adjutant].
BORÍS [To Clerk and Convoy Soldiers] There you see how they deceive you.
They know that they are deceiving you. Don't submit to them. Lay down
your rifles and go away. Let them put you into the Disciplinary
Battalions and flog you; it will not be as bad as it is to serve such
impostors.
CLERK. But how could one get on without an army? It's impossible.
BORÍS. That is not for us to consider. We have to consider what God
demands of us; and God wants us.
ONE OF THE SOLDIERS. But how is it that they speak of "the Christian
army"?
BORÍS. That is not said anywhere in the Bible. It's these impostors who
invented it.
Enter a Gendarme Officer with Clerk.
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