ar; the other mummers dance;
all watch them_. GUSLIN _and_ MITYA _stand near_ LYUBOV GORDEYEVNA; MITYA
_whispers something to her, and kisses her_. RAZLYULYAYEV _comes up_.

RAZLYULYAYEV. What are you doing?

MITYA. What's that to you?

RAZLYULYAYEV. I'll tell Pelageya Egorovna; just see if I don't!

MITYA. You just dare to tell!

GUSLIN. [_Approaching him_] Look out for me! You see we'll go away from
here together; it'll be dark and the alley is lonely--just remember that!

RAZLYULYAYEV. What are you meddling with me for? What's the use? I want to
marry her, and I'm going to make proposals. What are you up to! Yes, I mean
to marry her!

MITYA. We'll see about that.

RAZLYULYAYEV. Do you think they'll marry her to you? Not much! Not if I
know it--I've got lots of money!

ARINA. What a racket! Stop! Some one seems to be knocking. [_All listen_]
That's true! They are knocking.

PELAGEYA EGOROVNA. Go and open the door.

ARINA. [_Goes out, then returns_] He's come back himself! _All rise._

SCENE VII

_The same with_ GORDEY KARPYCH _and_ KORSHUNOV

GORDEY KARPYCH. [_To the mummers_] What's this rabble!--Get out! [_To his
wife_] Wife! Pelageya Egorovna! Greet my guest. [_Speaks in a low voice_]
You've ruined me!

PELAGEYA EGOROVNA. You are welcome, Afrikan Savvich, you are welcome.

KORSHUNOV. Good evening, Pelageya Egorovna. He, he, he! It's very cheerful
here! We've struck it just at the right time.

PELAGEYA EGOROVNA. Yes, here I am with the girls. Yes, I'm always with the
girls. It's holiday time; I want to give my daughter some fun.

GORDEY KARPYCH. You are welcome, Afrikan Savvich; make yourself at home.
[AFRIKAN SAVVICH _seats himself in the armchair at the table. To his wife_]
Turn the hussies out.

KORSHUNOV. Why turn them out! Who's going to turn the girls out. He, he,
he! They'll sing a song, and we'll listen and watch them, and we'll give
them some money, but not turn them out.

GORDEY KARPYCH. As you wish, Afrikan Savvich! Only I am abashed before you!
But don't conclude from this that we are all uneducated--this is all the
wife; nothing can knock anything into her head. [_To his wife_] How many
times have I told you: if you want to have a party in the evening, call
in the musicians, and have things in good form. You can't say I deny you
anything.

PELAGEYA EGOROVNA. Well, what's the use of musicians--for us old women?
_You_ can amuse yourself with them!

GORDEY KARPYCH. There,