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. You are crazy! Don't you see? (To the Countess.) ''Merci, mille fois merci! A mardi! (Countess and First Footman exeunt''.)

(to Grigóri). What is this?

. Although I am only a lackey, I have my pride, and I will not allow any peasant to push me.

. But what has happened?

. Semén has become stuck up from having sat with gentlemen, and now he fights.

. What is it? For what?

. God knows.

(to Semén). What does this mean?

. Let him keep away from her!

. What has happened between you?

(smiling). It is like this: he keeps grabbing chambermaid Tánya, and she does not want him to do it. So I pushed him a little aside.

. I should say he did push me aside! He nearly broke my ribs. He has torn my dress coat. He said: "My strength of yesterday has come back to me," and he began to choke me.

(to Semén). How dare you fight in my house?

. Permit me to inform you, Anna Pávlovna, that Semén has certain feelings for Tánya, and as they are engaged to be married, and Grigóri - I must tell you the truth--acts badly and dishonourably, I suppose, Semén would not stand his behaviour.

. Not at all. It is all because they are angry, knowing that I am up to their trickery.

. What trickery?

. At the séance. All the tricks of last night