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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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