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[Rises].
MARY IVÁNOVNA. Won't you have something to eat?
FATHER GERÁSIM. No, I thank you. [Exit with Alexándra Ivánovna].
MARY IVÁNOVNA [to young Priest] And what now?
PRIEST. Well, in my opinion, Nicholas Ivánovich spoke the truth, and
Father Gerásim produced no argument on his side.
PRINCESS. He was not allowed to speak, and he did not like having a kind
of debate with everybody listening. It was his modesty that made him
withdraw.
BORÍS. It wasn't modesty at all. All he said was so false. It was
evident that he had nothing to say.
PRINCESS. Yes, with your usual instability I see that you are beginning
to agree with Nicholas Ivánovich about everything. If you believe such
things you ought not to marry.
BORÍS. I only say that truth is truth, and I can't help saying it.
PRINCESS. You of all people should not talk like that.
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