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. I want to ask about my stomach. May I? I want to ask what I had better take, aconite or belladonna?

. Ah, no doubt, this monk is born anew!

(furious, in an angry whisper). You can't do anything but foolish things! If you can't behave, go out! (Vasíli Leonídych exit.)

. Oh, what a pity! Now I can't ask any more! He is born now!

. Not at all. That was Vovó's foolishness. He is here. Ask him!

. This often happens: these jests and this ridicule are a very common phenomenon. I assume that he is still here. Anyway, we may ask. Leoníd Fédorovich, you ask!

. No, if you please, you ask! This has put me out. It is so disagreeable! This tactlessness—

. All right! All right! Nicholas, are you here?

. Such an unexpected manifestation! An interaction on the medium himself. This is entirely new. Leoníd Fédorovich, you keep watch, I am in an uncom-