BOLSHÓV. What made you start this bawling? If anybody asks you, you don't know yourself.
AGRAFÉNA KONDRÁTYEVNA. I don't know, my dear, I don't know; the fit just came over me.
BOLSHÓV. That's it, just foolishness. Tears come cheap with you.
AGRAFÉNA KONDRÁTYEVNA. Yes, my dear, they do! They do! I know myself that they come cheap; but how can you help it?
LÍPOCHKA. Fudge, mamma, how you act! Stop it! Now, he'll come any moment—what's the use?
AGRAFÉNA KONDRÁTYEVNA. I'll stop, child, I'll stop; I'll stop right off!
SCENE III
The same, and USTÍNYA NAÚMOVNA
USTÍNYA NAÚMOVNA. [Entering] How are you, my jewels! What are you gloomy and down in the dumps for?
[Kisses are exchanged.