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PRIEST. Because of my weakness, in fact, my unworthiness.
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Ah! I see that instead of bringing Nicholas
Ivánovich to reason, you support him. That, I tell you straight out, is
wrong!
Enter Nurse.
NURSE. Don't you hear baby crying? Please come to nurse him.
MARY IVÁNOVNA. I'm coming, coming! [Rises and exit].
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. I'm dreadfully sorry for my sister. I see how she
suffers. Seven children, one of them unweaned, and then all these fads
to put up with. It seems to me quite plain that he has something wrong
here [touching her forehead. To Priest] Now tell me, I ask you, what new
religion is this you have discovered?
PRIEST. I don't understand, in fact ...
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Oh, please don't beat about the bush. You know very
well what I am asking you about.
PRIEST. But allow me ...
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. I ask you, what creed is it that bids us shake hands
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