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is somehow different. Look here! [Beckons to a gipsy woman who is
looking on] Is this right? [Hums].
GIPSY. That's it, that's splendid!
FÉDYA. He'll never get it; and if he does take it down and shoves it
into an opera, he'll only spoil it!... Now, Másha, start off! Let's have
"
Fateful Hour"--take your guitar. [Rises, sits down opposite her, and
gazes into her eyes].
Másha sings.
FÉDYA. That's good too! Másha, you're a brick!... Now then, "Not at
Eve"!
AFRÉMOV. No, wait! First, my burial song....
OFFICER. Why burial?
AFRÉMOV. Because, when I'm dead ... you know, dead and laid in my
coffin, the gipsies will come (you know I shall leave instructions with
my wife) and they will begin to sing "I Walked a Mile" ... and then I'll
jump out of my coffin!... Do you understand? [To the musician] You just
write this down. [To the gipsies] Well, rattle along!
Gipsies sing.
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