GREGORY. And do you think the missis will be pleased with you for it? No, you bet; you're caught now! I'll tell them what tricks you're up to, if you don't let me have my way! TÁNYA. And you'll not get your way, and you'll not do me any harm! Curtain. ACT IV The same scene as in Act I. The next day. Two liveried footmen, Theodore Ivánitch and Gregory. FIRST FOOTMAN [with grey whiskers] Yours is the third house to-day. Thank goodness that all the at-homes are in this direction. Yours used to be on Thursdays. THEODORE IVÁNITCH. Yes, we changed to Saturday so as to be on the same day as the Golóvkins and Grade von Grabes ... SECOND FOOTMAN. The Stcherbákofs do the thing well. There's refreshments for the footmen every time they've a ball. The two Princesses, mother and daughter, come down the stairs accompanied by Betsy. The old Princess looks in her note-book and at her watch, and sits down on the settle. Gregory puts on her overshoes. YOUNG PRINCESS. Now, do come. Because, if you refuse, and Dodo refuses, the whole thing will be spoilt. BETSY. I don't know. I must certainly go to the Shoúbins. And then there is the rehearsal. YOUNG PRINCESS. You'll have plenty of time. Do, please. _Ne nous fais pas faux bond._[14] Fédya and Koko will come. [14] Do not disappoint us. BETSY. _J'en ai par-dessus la tête de votre Koko._[15] [15] BETSY. I have more than enough of your Koko. YOUNG PRINCESS. I thought I should see him here. _Ordinairement il est d'une exactitude ..._[16] [16] YOUNG PRINCESS. ... He is usually so very punctual ... BETSY. He is sure to come. YOUNG PRINCESS. When I see you together, it always seems to me that he has either just proposed or is just going to propose. BETSY. Yes, I don't suppose it can be avoided. I shall have to go through with it. And it is so unpleasant! YOUNG PRINCESS. Poor Koko! He is head over ears in love. BETSY. _Cessez, les gens!_[17] [17] BETSY. Cease; mind the servants! Young Princess sits down, talking in whispers. Gregory puts on her overshoes. YOUNG PRINCESS. Well then, good-bye till this evening. BETSY. I'll try to come. OLD PRINCESS. Then tell your papa that I don't believe in anything of the kind, but will come to see his new medium. Only he must let me know when. Good afternoon, _ma toute belle_. [Kisses Betsy, and exit, followed by her daughter. Betsy goes upstairs]. GREGORY. I don't like putting on an old woman's overshoes for her; she can't stoop, can't see her shoe for her stomach, and keeps poking her foot in the wrong place. It's different with a young one; it's pleasant to take her foot in one's hand. SECOND FOOTMAN. Hear him! Making distinctions! FIRST FOOTMAN. It's not for us footmen to make such distinctions.