The idea! I never would have thought it. But they can't all be like that. You must have met good people who knew how to live.
SAVVA
I don't know how to make you understand. Yes, I did meet, if not altogether good people, yet—The last people with whom I lived were a pretty good sort. They didn't accept life ready-made, but tried to make it over to suit themselves. But—
LIPA
Who were they—students?
SAVVA
No. Look here—how about your tongue—is it of the loose kind?
LIPA
Savva, you ought to be ashamed!