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can't live like that.
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12] God helps those who help themselves.
MARY IVÁNOVNA. The worst of all is that he no longer troubles about the
children, and I have to decide everything myself. I have an unweaned
baby, besides the older children: girls and boys, who have to be looked
after, and need guidance. And I have to do it all single-handed. He used
to be such an affectionate and attentive father, but now he seems no
longer to care. Yesterday I told him that Ványa is not studying
properly, and will not pass his exam., and he replied that it would be
by far the best thing for him to leave school altogether.
PETER SEMYÓNOVICH. To go where?
MARY IVÁNOVNA. Nowhere! That's the most terrible thing about it;
everything we do is wrong, but he does not say what would be right.
PETER SEMYÓNOVICH. That's odd.
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. What is there odd about it? It is just your usual
way. Condemn everything, and do nothing yourself!
MARY IVÁNOVNA. Styópa has now finished at the University, and ought to
choose a career; but his father says nothing about it. He wanted to take
a post in the Civil Service, but Nicholas Ivánovich says he ought not to
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