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PRINCESS. I again repeat it--you must save him! If you do not--beware!
Good-bye. [Exit].
Nicholas Ivánovich (alone). Lies down on sofa. Silence. The door
opens and the dance music sounds louder. Enter Styópa.
STYÓPA. Papa is not here, come in!
Enter the adults and the children, dancing in couples.
LYÚBA [noticing Nicholas Ivánovich] Ah, you are here. Excuse us.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH [rising] Never mind. [Exit dancing couples].
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Vasíly Nikonórovich has recanted. I have ruined
Borís. Lyúba is getting married. Can it be that I have been mistaken?
Mistaken in believing in Thee? No! Father help me!
Curtain.
Tolstoy left the following notes for a fifth act which was never written.
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