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Grieving widow Elena Ivanovna Popova is intent on remaining isolated and melancholy, but her solitude is broken by Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov. Smirnov is urgently trying to collect on a debt from Popova’s late husband, due to the fact that he must make his mortgage payment or forfeit his lands. He does not accept Popova’s explanation that she does not have the cash to hand, but will pay him in several days when her steward returns, and he scorns her sentimental, lady-like protestations that
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SMIRNOV. Oh, how angry I am! So angry that I think I could grind the whole world to dust.... I even feel sick.... [Yells] Waiter!
[Enter POPOVA.]
POPOVA. [Her eyes downcast] Sir, in my solitude I have grown unaccustomed to the masculine voice, and I can’t stand shouting. I must ask you not to disturb my peace.
SMIRNOV. Pay me the money, and I’ll go.
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