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NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. You may, you always may.
Enter Lyúba.
LYÚBA. Good-day, Jacob!
CARPENTER. Good-day, Miss!
LYÚBA. Borís has gone to his regiment. I am afraid of what he may do or
say there. What do you think?
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. What can I think? He will do what is natural to him.
LYÚBA. It is awful. He has such a short time to serve[33] and may go and
ruin his whole life.
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33] The period of compulsory service for a University graduate would
be short in any case.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. He did well not to come to see me. He understands
that I can't say anything to him but what he knows himself. He told me
that he handed in his resignation because he sees that not only is there
no more immoral, lawless, cruel and brutal occupation than this one, the
object of which is to kill, but also that there is nothing more
degrading and mean than to have to submit implicitly to any man of
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