The Live Corpse


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answered as you are doing, it would be dreadful!  
FÉDYA. Yes, for you ... [Pause; both are agitated].  
SÁSHA [rises] Must things really remain so?  
FÉDYA. I suppose ...  
SÁSHA. Fédya come back!  
FÉDYA. Thank you, Sásha dear! You will always remain a precious memory  
to me.... But good-bye, dear heart!... Let me kiss you. [Kisses her  
forehead].  
SÁSHA [agitated] No, I don't say good-bye, and I don't believe, and  
won't believe ... Fédya!  
FÉDYA. Well then, listen! But give me your word that what I tell you,  
you won't repeat to anybody--do you promise?  
SÁSHA. Of course!  
FÉDYA. Well then, listen, Sásha.... It's true that I am her husband and  
the father of her child, but I am--superfluous! Wait, wait--don't  
reply.... You think I'm jealous? Not at all! In the first place, I have  
no right; secondly, I have no cause. Victor Karénin is her old friend  
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