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entirely on my son. Though I admit he is a hard-working and an
exceptional young man.
Enter Mary Ivánovna and Nicholas Ivánovich.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. How d'you do, Princess? How d'you do? [To Father
Gerásim] I beg your pardon. I don't know your name.[31]
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31] He knows that the priest is Father Gerásim, but wishes to address
him not as a priest, but by his Christian name and patronymic, as one
gentleman would usually address another.
FATHER GERÁSIM. Do you not wish to receive my blessing?
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. No, I don't.
FATHER GERÁSIM. My name is Gerásim Sédorovitch. Very pleased to meet
you.
Men-servants bring lunch and wine.
FATHER GERÁSIM. Pleasant weather, and good for the harvest.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. I suppose you came, at Alexándra Ivánovna's
invitation, to divert me from my errors and direct me in the path of
truth. If that is so, don't let us beat about the bush, but let us get
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