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LYÚBA. Let me see the telegram, Aunt. [Reads] "Arriving all three by the
mail train. Cheremshánovs." That means the Princess, Borís, and Tónya.
Well, I am glad!
VÁNYA. There you are, you're glad! Styópa, look how she is blushing.
STYÓPA. That's enough--teasing over and over again.
VÁNYA. Of course, because you're sweet on Tónya! You'd better cast lots;
for two men must not marry one another's sisters.[19]
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19] In Russia the relationships that are set up by marriage debar a
marriage between a woman's brother-in-law and her sister.
STYÓPA. Don't humbug! Shut up! How often have you been told to?
LISA. If they are coming by the mail train, they will be here directly.
LYÚBA. That's true, so we can't go for mushrooms.
Enter Peter Semyónovich with his cigarettes.
LYÚBA. Uncle Peter, we are not going!
PETER SEMYÓNOVICH. Why not?
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