Agàfia. Then you think ... Ivàn Kouzmìch?
Koch. Certainly, Ivàn Kouzmìch.
Agàfia. And must I refuse all the others?
Koch. Of course you must.
Agàfia. But how am I to do it? I’m ashamed to.
Koch. What’s there to be ashamed of? Just tell them that you’re too young to marry yet.
Agàfia. Well, but they won’t believe me; they’ll begin asking why, and how, and all that.
Koch. Well, if you want to put an end to it at once, you can simply say, “Get along with you, blockheads!”
Agàfia. But how am I to say that?
Koch. Well, just try. I assure you that, after that, they’ll all run away.