PETRÚSHIN. Yes, you must speak. But don't be excited. The whole matter is now in a nutshell! Only tell them what you told me--that if you are being tried, it is only for _not_ having committed suicide: that is, for not doing what is considered a crime both by civil and ecclesiastical law. FÉDYA. I shan't say anything! PETRÚSHIN. Why not? FÉDYA. I don't want to, and shan't. Tell me only, at the worst, what will it be? PETRÚSHIN. I have already told you--at worst, exile to Siberia. FÉDYA. Who will be exiled? PETRÚSHIN. You and your wife. FÉDYA. And at best? PETRÚSHIN. Church penance, and of course annulment of the second marriage. FÉDYA. Then they will again tie me to her--or rather, her to me? PETRÚSHIN. Yes, that must be so. But don't excite yourself, and please say what I told you, and above all, don't say anything superfluous. However [noticing that a circle of listeners has formed round them] I am tired, and will go and sit down; and you'd better take a rest. The chief thing is, not to lose courage! FÉDYA. No other sentence is possible? PETRÚSHIN [going] No other. Enter Attendant. ATTENDANT. Pass on! Pass on! No loitering in the corridor! FÉDYA. Directly! [Takes out revolver and shoots himself in the heart. Falls. All rush on him] All right, I think it is done.... Lisa!... The audience, judges, accused, and witnesses rush out from all the doors. In front of all is Lisa. Behind her Másha, Karénin, Iván Petróvich and Prince Abrézkov. LISA. Fédya, what have you done! Why? FÉDYA. Forgive me that I could not ... free you any other way.... It's not for you ... it's best for me. I have long ... been ready ... LISA. You will live! A Doctor bends over Fédya and listens. FÉDYA. I need no doctor to tell me ... Good-bye, Victor ... Ah, Másha!... it's too late this time ... [Weeps] How good ... how good! [Dies]. Curtain. END OF "THE LIVE CORPSE." [ Transcriber's Note: The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one. ELISABETH ANDRÉYEVNA PROTÁSOVA (LISA). His wife ELISABETH ANDRÉYEVNA PROTÁSOVA (LISA). His wife. PROTÁSOVS' NURSE. THE PROTÁSOVS' NURSE. PROTÁSOVS' MAID. THE PROTÁSOVS' MAID. LISA. I can't, I can't! Anything rather than . . I can't! LISA. I can't, I can't! Anything rather than ... I can't! ANNA PÁVLOVNA [passing through] Dunyásha! My trunk! ANNA PÁVLOVNA [passing through] Dounyásha! My trunk! Two weeks have passed since Act 1. Anna Pávlovna and Karénin are Two weeks have passed since Act I. Anna Pávlovna and Karénin are Fédya Stákhov (shaggy), Butkévich (close-shaven), and Korotkóv (a Fédya, Stákhov (shaggy), Butkévich (close-shaven), and Korotkóv (a plus._[12] It can't be helped!.. What can one do with him? plus._[12] It can't be helped!... What can one do with him?