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NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Alína, what is going on between us is very
important. Jokes are out of place. It is not I who am convincing her,
but life, truth, God: they are convincing her--therefore she cannot help
being convinced, if not to-day then to-morrow, if not to-morrow ... It
is awful that no one ever has time. Who is it that has just come?
PETER SEMYÓNOVICH. It's the Cheremshánovs. Catiche Cheremshánov, whom I
have not met for eighteen years. The last time I saw her we sang
together: "La ci darem la mano." [Sings].
ALEXÁNDRA IVÁNOVNA. Please don't interrupt us, and don't imagine that I
shall quarrel with Nicholas. I am telling the truth. [To Nicholas
Ivánovich] I am not joking at all, but it seemed to me strange that you
wanted to convince Mary just when she had made up her mind to have it
out with you!
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Very well, very well. They are coming. Please tell
Mary I shall be in my room. [Exit].
Curtain.
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