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The Live Corpse: A Play in six acts,Used
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Extract: Scene 1 A dirty room in a lowclass restaurant. A table, at which people sit drinking tea and vdka. In the foreground a small table, at which sits Fdya, tattered, and much come down in the world. With him is Petushkv, a gentle, mild man with long hair, of clerical appearance. Both are slightly drunk. PETUSHKV. I understand, I understand. That is true love! Yes? Go on. FDYA. Well, you know, if a woman of our class showed such feeling and sacrificed everything for the man she loved. But she was a gipsy, brought up to moneyhunting, and yet she had this selfsacrificing love! Gave everything, and wanted nothing herself! The contrast was so wonderful! PETUSHKV. Yes, in art we call it value. You can only get quite bright red by putting green round it. But that's not to the point. I understand, quite understand. FDYA. Yes, and I believe the one good action of my life is that I never took advantage of her love. And do you know why? PETUSHKV. Pity. FDYA. Oh no! I never felt pity for her. What I felt for her was always rapturous admirationand when she sang! Ah, how she sangand perhaps still sings! I always regarded her as far above me. I did not ruin her, simply because I loved her; loved her truly. And now she's a good, happy memory! [Drinks]. PETUSHKV. Yes, I understand, I understand. It's ideal. FDYA. I'll tell you something. I have had my passions, and once I was in love with a ladyvery handsomeand I loved her nastily, like a dog. She gave me a rendezvous. And I did not go, because I thought it was treating the husband shabbily. And it is strange that, even now, when I remember it I want to feel pleased and to approve of myself for having acted honourably, but I always repent as if I had committed a sin! But in the case of Msha, on the contrary, I am always pleasedpleased that I did not pollute that feeling of mine. I may fall lower still, sell all I have on me, be covered with lice and soresbut this jewel no, not jewel, but ray of sunshine, is still with me and in me. PETUSHKV. I understand, I understand! And where is she now?.......
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