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with her husband.
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Re-heat the samovár, please.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. That's not necessary, Alína. I don't really want
any, and I'll drink it as it is.
Missy, on seeing her father, leaves her croquet, runs to him, and
hangs round his neck.
MISSY. Papa! Come with me.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH [caressing her]. Yes, I'll come directly. Just let me
eat something first. Go and play, and I'll soon come.
Exit Missy.
Nicholas Ivánovich sits down to the table, and eats and drinks
eagerly.
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Well, were they sentenced?
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Yes! They were. They themselves pleaded guilty. [To
Priest] I thought you would not find Renan very convincing ...
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. And you did not approve of the verdict?
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