Chapter 11

_The same, except_ MADAM ULANBÉKOV; _then_ LÍZA

LEONÍD. Well, you caught it, didn't you? And you deserved it, too!

VASILÍSA PEREGRÍNOVNA. I'll have my turn yet.

LÍZA _enters._

LÍZA. [_Quietly to_ LEONÍD] Nádya sent me to say that we'll come to the garden.

LEONÍD. Give her a kiss from me.

GAVRÍLOVNA. God give you health, master, for taking our part. Any wretch can insult us; but there's no one to take our part. You'll get a rich reward for that in the next world.

LEONÍD. I'm always ready to help you. [_He goes out to the right, with a caper._

GAVRÍLOVNA. Thanks, my dear! [_She goes out with_ LÍZA, _to the left_.