TATYÁNA. What do you want?
BABÁYEV. Do you love me? [Pause] Do you love me?
TATYÁNA. [Dropping her eyes] Well, yes.
BABÁYEV. Very much? [Pause] Why are you silent? Do you love me very much?
TATYÁNA. Yes.
BABÁYEV. Will you go to the village with me?
TATYÁNA. Ah, stop urging me!
BABÁYEV. Well, you needn't go to the village then. I know what we'll do:
I'll rent a lodging here in the city, and will come here every other week.
Do you agree to that?
TATYÁNA. Yes.
BABÁYEV. Now you see, my darling Tanechka, I'm ready to do anything for you.