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. Why good-bye? Don’t say good-bye, don’t waste words. Oh, how lovely you are—what hands!

[He kisses her hands.

. Enough of this! [She frees her hands] Leave the room! You have forgotten yourself.

. Tell me, tell me, where can we meet to-morrow? [He puts his arm around her] Don’t you see that we must meet, that it is inevitable?

He kisses her. comes in carrying a bunch of roses, and stops in the doorway.

. [Without seeing ] Have pity! Leave me, [Lays her head on shoulder] Don’t!

[She tries to break away from him.

. [Holding her by the waist] Be in the forest to-morrow at two o'clock. Will you? Will you?

. [Sees ] Let me go! [Goes to the window deeply embarrassed] This is appalling!

. [Throws the flowers on a chair, and speaks in great excitement, wiping his face with his handkerchief] Nothing—yes, yes, nothing.

. The weather is fine to-day, my dear Ivan; the morning was overcast and looked like rain, but now the sun is shining again. Honestly, we have had a very fine autumn, and the wheat is looking fairly well. [Puts his map back into the portfolio] But the days are growing short.

. [Goes quickly up to ] You must do your best; you must use all your power to get my husband and myself away from here to-day! Do you hear? I say, this very day!

. [Wiping his face] Oh! Ah! Oh! All right! I—Helena, I saw everything!