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ANNA PÁVLOVNA. But she seems quieter now.
NURSE. Quiet, indeed! It makes one ill to see her. She's been writing
something, and crying.
Enter Sásha.
SÁSHA [to Nurse] Lisa is looking for you.
NURSE. I'm coming, I'm coming. [Exit].
ANNA PÁVLOVNA. Nurse says she keeps on crying.... Why can't she control
herself?
SÁSHA. Well really, mother, you are amazing!... A woman has left her
husband, her child's father, and you expect her to be calm!
ANNA PÁVLOVNA. Well, not calm ... But what's done is done! If I, her
mother, not only allowed my daughter to leave her husband, but am even
glad she has done it, that shows he deserved it. One ought to rejoice,
not to grieve, at the chance of freeing oneself from such a bad man!
SÁSHA. Mother, why say such things? You know it's not true! He's not
bad--but on the contrary, he's a wonderful man, in spite of his
weaknesses.
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