The Light Shines in Darkness


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do so. Then he thought of entering the Horse-Guards, but Nicholas  
Ivánovich quite disapproved. Then the lad asked his father: "What am I  
to do then--not go and plough after all?" and Nicholas Ivánovich said:  
"Why not plough? It is much better than being in a Government Office."  
So what was he to do? He comes to me and asks, and I have to decide  
everything, and yet the authority is all in his hands.  
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Well, you should tell him so straight out.  
MARY IVÁNOVNA. So I must! I shall have to talk to him.  
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. And tell him straight out that you can't go on like  
this. That you do your duty, and he must do his; or if not--let him hand  
everything over to you.  
MARY IVÁNOVNA. It is all so unpleasant!  
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. I will tell him, if you like. Je lui dirai son  
fait.[13]  
[
13] I'll tell him the truth.  
Enter a young priest, confused and agitated. He carries a book, and  
shakes hands all round.  
PRIEST. I have come to see Nicholas Ivánovich. I have, in fact, come to  
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