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Protásov’s flat in Moscow. The scene represents a small dining-room.Anna Pávlovna, a stout grey-haired lady, tightly laced, is sitting alone at the tea-table on which is a samovár. Enter nurse, carrying a teapot.NURSE. May I have a little hot water, ma’am?ANNA PÁVLOVNA. Yes. How’s Baby?NURSE. He’s restless.… There’s nothing worse than for a lady to nurse her baby herself! She has her troubles, and the child must suffer. What can her milk be like, when she lies awake crying all night?ANNA PÁVLOVNA. But she seems quieter now.NURSE. Quiet, indeed! It makes one ill to see her. She’s been writing something, and crying.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9786050407648 ● File size 0.8 MB ● Publisher Leo Tolstoy ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5108615 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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