The Living Corpse : a Drama in Six Acts And Twelve Tableaux
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A private room. The zvaiter ushers in Pedya and Ivan Petrovich Aleksandrov. SCENE I. Pedya, the waiter, and Ivan Petrovich {at the door.) Waiter: Right here, please. No one will dis- turb you here, and I shall bring you some paper right away. Ivan Petrovich : Protasov, I want to come in. Fedya: {seriously) Come in if you want to, but I'm busy and Come in. Ivan Petrovich : You are going to reply to their demands? I'll tell you how to do it. I wouldn't go about it that way. I always talk frankly ...and act determinately. Fedya: {to the waiter) A bottle of champagne. {waiter goes out.) SCENE II. Pedya and Ivan Petrovich. {Fedya takes out a revolver and puts it down.) Fedya : Wait a while. THE LIVING CORPSE. ei Ivan Petrovich: What? You want to shoot yourself ? Go ahead, go ahead ! I understand you. They want to humiliate you, and you'll show them who you are. You'll kill yourself with a revolver, and them with your magnanimity. I understand you. I understand everything, because I am a genius.
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