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Three peasants have come to the house hoping to purchase land from Leoníd Fyódoritch. One of those peasants is the father of Simon, the butler’s assistant and the man Tanya hopes to marry. In an effort to secure both her own happiness as well as the success of the local villagers, Tanya hatches a plan to convince Leoníd Fyódoritch--a devout spiritualist--that Simon is a medium. More than that, she confides in his personal assistant, Theodore Ivánitch, whom she sees as a father. Tanya not only
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TÁNYA. Theodore Ivánitch, dear Theodore Ivánitch, ask the master to come out and speak to me for a moment. I have something to say to him.
THEODORE IVÁNITCH. What next?
TÁNYA. I must, Theodore Ivánitch. Ask him, do; there's nothing wrong about it, on my sacred word.
THEODORE IVÁNITCH. But what do you want with him?
TÁNYA. That's a little secret. I will tell
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