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. Do everything right, Semén dear. Only do everything, and don't be afraid! He will sign the paper, you will see he will. They are coming. (Crawls under the sofa.)

. If you please, all unbelievers! Notwithstanding the fact that to-night we have a new, casual medium, I expect some remarkable manifestations.

. Very, very interesting!

(pointing to Semén). Mais il est très bien!

. As a peasant of the pantry, only—

. Wives never believe in the affairs of their husbands. You do not admit at all?

. Of course not. In Kápchich, it is true, there is something especial, but not so much, either.

. Excuse me, Anna Pávlovna, you must not judge this way. Before I was married I once had a remarkable dream. You know, there are dreams of such a kind that you do not know when they begin and when they end. So I had such a dream—

. I had much revealed to me in that dream. Nowadays these young people (pointing to Petríshchev and to Vasíli Leonídych) deny everything.

. I never deny anything, let me tell you. Ah, what?