the little girls can sleep in the drawing room and aleksandr ignatyevich can share the downstairs roomh the baron. fedotik can go in with the baron too. maybe he should go into the ballroom. the doctor's gone and got drunk. you'd think he'd done it on purpose? he's so hopelessly drunk that we can't let anyone go into his room. vershinin's wife will have to go into the drawing room too. don't send me away olyaska darling, don't send me away. what nonsense you're talking nanny. no one's sending you away. oh, my dearest girl, i do work, you know. i work as hard as i can. i suppose now i'm getting weaker i'll be told to go. but where can i go? where? i'm 80 years old, i'm over 81. you sit down for a while nanny. you're tired, you poor thing. now just rest a bit. you've turned quite pale. they're saying we ought to start a subscription in aid of the victims of the fire or, you know, form a society or something for the purpose. well, why not? it's an excellent idea. in any case it's up to us to help the poor as best we can. bobik and sofochka are fast asleep as though nothing had happened. w