The Live Corpse


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FÉDYA. Who's "me"? Oh, Másha ... [opens door].  
MÁSHA. I've been to your place, to Popóv's, to Afrémov's, and guessed  
that you must be here. [Sees revolver] That's a nice thing! There's a  
fool! A regular fool! Is it possible you really meant to?  
FÉDYA. No, I couldn't.  
MÁSHA. Do I count for nothing at all? You heathen! You had no pity for  
me? Oh, Theodore Vasílyevich, it's a sin, a sin! In return for my  
love ...  
FÉDYA. I wished to release them. I promised to, and I can't lie.  
MÁSHA. And what about me?  
FÉDYA. What about you? It would have set you free too. Is it better for  
you to be tormented by me?  
MÁSHA. Seems it's better. I can't live without you.  
FÉDYA. What sort of life could you have with me? You'd have cried a bit,  
and then gone on living your own life.  
MÁSHA. I shouldn't have cried at all! Go to the devil, if you don't pity  
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