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moment, one of them, the only breadwinner of a family, is being dragged
to prison because he has cut down one of a hundred thousand pine-trees
that grow in the forest that is called mine. And we here, washed and
clothed, having left the slops in our bedrooms to be cleaned up by
slaves, eat and drink and discuss Schumann and Chopin and which of them
moves us most or best cures our ennui? That is what I was thinking when
I passed you, so I have spoken. Consider, is it possible to go on living
in this way? [Stands greatly agitated].
LISA. True, quite true!
LYÚBA. If one lets oneself think about it, one can't live.
STYÓPA. Why? I don't see why the fact that people are poor should
prevent one talking about Schumann. The one does not exclude the other.
If one ...
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH [angrily] If one has no heart, if one is made of
wood ...
STYÓPA. Well, I'll hold my tongue.
TÓNYA. It is a terrible problem; it is the problem of our day; and we
should not be afraid of it, but look it straight in the face, in order
to solve it.
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