Yes, seven years have passed…
How are you? What are you doing now?
I’m a school teacher,
nothing more.
What? You?
Yes, me.
Unbelievable!
But why nothing more?
One phrase wouldn’t suffice
to answer your question.
Well, have you finished university
at least?
No, I quit.
Just chucked it.
But it doesn’t prevent you from
being a man… Does it?
Sorry, but I don’t understand
your question. What do you mean?
Yes, I didn’t express myself
clearly enough.
It doesn’t prevent you from
being a man working for
the benefit of women’s emancipation,
universal education and progress.
It doesn’t prevent you
from serving the idea?
Oh, no! On the contrary!
For example, Ivan Ivanovich and I
are working now
for the benefit of emancipation and
the idea, and quite successfully.
Mr. Triletsky here is a doctor,
a Darwinist.
Porfiry Semyonovich can mow.
He’s a hygienist! He shaves mouzhiks’
beards. And does it splendidly!
His village looks like
the Mariyinsky Theatre,
everyone walks around
bare-faced.
We subscribe to the capital’s
newspapers,
and Mister Petrin
reads them to us.
So we do work for various benefits,
we work a lot.
And this is my wife!
I almost forgot! Alexandra!
Stay put.
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