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NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Whichever way one looks, it is so. [Pause].
Enter Alexándra Ivánovna. Priest bows to take his leave.
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Good-bye, Father. He will lead you astray. Don't you
listen to him.
PRIEST. No. Search the Scriptures! The matter is too important, as a
matter of fact, to be--let's say--neglected. [Exit].
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Really, Nicholas, you have no pity on him! Though he
is a priest, he is still only a boy, and can have no firm convictions or
settled views....
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Give him time to settle down and petrify in
falsehood? No! Why should I? Besides, he is a good, sincere man.
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. But what will become of him if he believes you?
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. He need not believe me. But if he saw the truth,
it would be well for him and for everybody.
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. If it were really so good, everyone would be ready
to believe you. As it is, no one believes you, and your wife least of
all. She can't believe you.
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