TATYÁNA _runs out_. AFÓNYA. Brother! brother! She's going, she's going away. KRASNÓV. She won't escape me! AFÓNYA. She's going to the gentleman. I heard them planning to go away to the country. KRASNÓV. Who'll take her from me, if I won't give her up? Who in the whole world is strong enough to take her from me? If they take her they'll have to tear my arms off. AFÓNYA. [_Looking out of the door_] Brother, she's getting ready! She's leaving, brother! KRASNÓV. [_Pushing him aside_] Stand aside! A woman leaves her husband only for the grave, for nowhere else! [_Goes out. The cry of_ TATYÁNA _is heard_: "Let me go!" _He comes back_] Bind me! I've killed her. AFÓNYA. Serves her right. ULYÁNA. Ah, my dear! What will happen to you now? ARKHÍP. Where is he? Where is he? [AFÓNYA _leads him_] What have you done? Who gave you the right? Is she guilty only towards you? First of all, she is guilty before God; and you, a proud and willful man, have taken it upon yourself to judge? You couldn't wait for the merciful judgment of God; so now go to the judgment of man, yourself! Bind him! KÚRITSYN. He didn't expect it, he didn't foresee it, but he fell into sorrow! Sorrow walks not through the woods, but among men. IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR--WE'LL SETTLE IT OURSELVES A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS CHARACTERS SAMSÓN SÍLYCH BOLSHÓV[1], _a merchant_ [Footnote 1: Samsón Strengthson Bigman.] AGRAFÉNA KONDRÁTYEVNA, _his wife_ OLIMPIÁDA SAMSÓNOVNA (LÍPOCHKA), _their daughter_ LÁZAR ELIZÁRYCH PODKHALYÚZIN[2], _a clerk_ [Footnote 2: Sneaky.] USTÍNYA NAÚMOVNA, _a professional match-maker_ SYSÓY PSÓICH RISPOLÓZHENSKY[3], _a lawyer_ [Footnote 3: Unfrocked.] FOMÍNISHNA, _housekeeper_ } } _in_ BOLSHÓV'S _house_ TÍSKA[4], boy } [Footnote 4: A nickname for Tikhon.] ACT I _Drawing-room in BOLSHÓV'S house_ SCENE I _LÍPOCHKA is sitting near the window with a book_