VERA
No more than David has become a Christian. We were already at one—all honest people are. Surely, father, all religions must serve the same God—since there is only one God to serve.
BARONESS
But ze girl is an ateist!
BARON
Silence, Katusha! Leave me to deal with my daughter.
[Changing tone to pathos, taking her face between his hands]
Oh, Vera, Verotschka, my dearest darling, I had sooner you had remained buried in Siberia than that——
[He breaks down.]
VERA [Touched, sitting beside him]