Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas

by Olive Tilford Dargan

Vasil. And were you glad, Vera?

Vera. No. I ran away.

Vasil. What did Madam Korego say to that?

Vera. [As Korelenko enters unseen by her] She said she would never take me again, and I told her I didn't care, I was going to many Sasha, who was finer than any officer in the world.

Vasil. Good-morning, Alexander Korelenko.

Vera. [Whirls about and sees Alexander] Now I can't tease him! [Vasil returns to his book]

Korelenko. About what, little bird?

Vera. O, I found a new lover at the bazaar.

Kore. [Smiling] I told Madam Korego it would never do to take you.