LVOFF。[Notlisteningtohim]Tomenlikeyourselfonemustspeakplainly，andifyoudon’twanttohearwhatIhavetosay，youneednotlisten。Ialwayscallaspadeaspade；thetruthis，youwanthertodiesothatthewaymaybeclearedforyourotherschemes。Beitso；butcan’tyouwait？If，insteadofcrushingthelifeoutofyourwifebyyourheartlessegoism，youletherdienaturally，doyouthinkyouwouldloseSashaandSasha’smoney？SuchanabsoluteTartuffeasyouarecouldturnthegirl’sheadandgethermoneyayearfromnowaseasilyasyoucanto-day。Whyareyouinsuchahurry？Whydoyouwantyourwifetodienow，insteadofinamonth’stime，orayear’s？
IVANOFF。Thisistorture！Youareaverybaddoctorifyouthinkamancancontrolhimselfforever。ItisallIcandonottoansweryourinsults。
LVOFF。Lookhere，whomareyoutryingtodeceive？Throwoffthisdisguise！
IVANOFF。Youwhoaresoclever，youthinkthatnothingintheworldiseasierthantounderstandme，doyou？ImarriedAnnieforhermoney，didI？Andwhenherparentswouldn’tgiveittome，Ichangedmyplans，andamnowhustlingheroutoftheworldsothatImaymarryanotherwoman，whowillbringmewhatIwant？
Youthinkso，doyou？Oh，howeasyandsimpleitallis！Butyouaremistaken，doctor；ineachoneofustherearetoomanysprings，toomanywheelsandcogsforustojudgeeachotherbyfirstimpressionsorbytwoorthreeexternalindications。Icannotunderstandyou，youcannotunderstandme，andneitherofuscanunderstandhimself。Amanmaybeasplendiddoctor，andatthesametimeaverybadjudgeofhumannature；youwilladmitthat，unlessyouaretooself-confident。