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Rh 'My love—in the first place, there are no specialists in Russia; and, secondly, I repeat he's a mechanician!'

Valentina Mihalovna smiled.

'Take care, my dear; you've been unlucky once already with young men; mind you don't make a second mistake!'

'You mean Nezhdanov? But I consider I attained my object any way; he's an excellent teacher for Kolya. And besides, you know, non bis in idem! Pardon my pedantry, please. That means, facts don't repeat themselves.'

'You think not? But I think everything in the world repeats itself especially what's in the nature of things  and especially with young people.'

Que voulez-vous dire? asked Sipyagin, flinging the pamphlet on the table with a graceful gesture.

Ouvrez les yeux, et vous verrez! Madame Sipyagin answered him; they spoke French, of course, to one another.

'H'm!' commented Sipyagin. 'Are you alluding to the student fellow?'

'To Monsieur le student—yes'

'H'm! has he got ' (he moved his hand about his forehead ) 'anything afoot here? Eh?'

'Open your eyes!'