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MARY IVÁNOVNA. It's inconvenient, because we must have a talk.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. I was just saying to Aline ...
MARY IVÁNOVNA. What?
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. No, you speak first.
MARY IVÁNOVNA. Well, I wanted to have a talk with you about Styópa.
After all, something must be decided. He, poor fellow, feels
depressed, and does not know what awaits him. He came to me, but how can
I decide?
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Why decide? He can decide for himself.
MARY IVÁNOVNA. But, you know, he wants to enter the Horse-Guards as a
volunteer, and in order to do that he must get you to countersign his
papers, and he must also be in a position to keep himself; and you don't
give him anything. [Gets excited].
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Mary, for heaven's sake don't get excited, but
listen to me. I don't give or withhold anything. To enter military
service of one's own free will, I consider either a stupid, insensate
action, suitable for a savage if the man does not understand the evil of
his action, or despicable if he does it from an interested motive....
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