Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas

by Olive Tilford Dargan

Cath. [Sternly] Stay with the children, Petrovich. [Exit, closing door behind her]

Vera. [Opening door for Vetrova] Go on, grandfather. [Laughs and kisses him] Are you afraid? I promise you Vasil and I will stay here. She wants you, I know.

Vet. [Lifting her chin] A good child, but too pretty, too pretty. [Exit]

Vera. [Turns and looks at Vasil, who is absorbed in his book. Crosses to him] Vasil?

Vasil. [Looking up reluctantly] Ten pages beyond Adrian's mark. He will be pleased.

Vera. Is there anything you like better than to please Adrian?

Vasil. [Listening] Who is in the kitchen?

Vera. Uliana.

Vasil. And you don't want to hear the gossip?