Tánya (running after him). Why did you not say anything?
Semén. How could I say anything in presence of people? Give me a chance! I will tell him at tea. (Exit.)
First Peasant. Well, honourable man, how does our affair originate?
Fédor Iványch. Wait! He will be out soon, he is getting through.
Tánya (to Fédor Iványch). How do you know he is getting through?
Fédor Iványch. I know, because when he gets through with a question he reads aloud the question and the answer.
Tánya. Is it true that you can talk with spirits by means of the saucer?
Fédor Iványch. It seems so.
Tánya. Will he sign if they tell him to?
Fédor Iványch. Of course, he will.
Tánya. But they don't talk with words?
Fédor Iványch. No, by means of the alphabet. He notices opposite what letter it stops.
Tánya. Well, and if a séance?
Scene XL. The same and Leoníd Fédorovich.
Leoníd Fédorovich. Well, my friends, I can't. I should like to very much, but I can't by any means. If you had all the money, it would be different.
First Peasant. Nothing would be better in rivality. But the people are not well-to-do, they can't do it.
