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KARP. Because it's so noisy. PROKÓFYEVNA. Yes, I should say so! Down-stairs is a bar-room; and on market days the noise is dreadful. Please tell me, wasn't your master's mother Sofya Pavlovna, the wife of General Babáyev? KARP. Exactly so. PROKÓFYEVNA. Is their estate called Zavetnoye? KARP. Yes. PROKÓFYEVNA. So, so. I recognized him just now. I used to see him as a youngster.
TATYÁNA. So you will have tea with us to-morrow, Valentin Pávlich? BABÁYEV. I really don't know very likely. Well, my precious! BABÁYEV. It seems to me that you have changed, Tatyána Danílovna. TATYÁNA. I, changed! Honestly I haven't. Not a bit. Why are you so cruel to me? BABÁYEV. Do you remember Zavetnoye, Tatyána Danílovna? TATYÁNA. Why? I remember it all. BABÁYEV. Do you remember the garden?
She lives in poverty among stupid, ignorant people. It isn't as it was in your mother's house at Zavetnoye. That was an earthly paradise! Your mother was the kindest of ladies, and liked to have everybody happy at her house. There were always lots of young ladies in her house, and likewise young gentlemen, and they played games from morning till night.
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