MÍTYA. Well, then, she and I made a compact in the dark, that we would go together to you and to Gordéy Kárpych, and beg you humbly; we were going to say: "Give us your blessing; we cannot live without each other any longer." [Dries his tears] And now suddenly, this morning, I heard—and my arms just dropped by my side!
PELAGÉYA EGÓROVNA. What are you saying?
MÍTYA. I swear it, Pelagéya Egórovna, in the name of the Lord!
PELAGÉYA EGÓROVNA. Oh, my dear boy! What a luck-less lad you are, now that
I know all!
LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA comes in.
SCENE VI
The same and LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA
PELAGÉYA EGÓROVNA. Here, Lyubóv dear! Mítya has come to say good-by; he is going away from here to his mother's.
MÍTYA. [Bows] Good-by, Lyubóv Gordéyevna! Don't bear me any ill will!
LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA. Good-by, Mítya! [Bows]