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MARY IVÁNOVNA. He is here! Lyúba, go and call him! He wants to see you.
Exit Lyúba]. I had another reason for coming. I want to speak to you
[
about Ványa. He behaves abominably, and does his lesson so badly that he
can't possibly pass; and when I speak to him he is rude.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Mary, you know I am out of sympathy with the whole
manner of life you are all leading, and with the education you are
giving to the children. It is a terrible question for me, whether I have
a right to see them perishing before my very eyes ...
MARY IVÁNOVNA. Then you should suggest something else, something
definite. But what do you offer?
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. I cannot say what. But can only say that first we
should get rid of all this depraving luxury.
MARY IVÁNOVNA. So that they should become peasants! I cannot agree to
that.
NICHOLAS IVÁNOVICH. Then don't consult me. The things that grieve you
are natural and inevitable.
Enter Priest and Lyúba. The Priest and Nicholas Ivánovich kiss[34]
one another.
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34] It is not unusual among Russians for men-friends to kiss one
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