TONY
Maybe I do and maybe I don't. Maybe I'll send the whiskey and maybe I won't.
SAVVA
What a sceptic. You've grown silly, Tony.
LIPA
Leave him alone, Savva. He has got that from the seminary student, from Speransky. Anyhow, he is full of—
TONY (sitting down)
I didn't get it from anybody. I can understand everything myself. The blood has congealed in my heart.
SAVVA
That's from drink, Tony. Stop drinking.