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Prot sov's flat in Moscow. The scene represents a small dining-room. Anna P vlovna, a stout grey-haired lady, tightly laced, is sitting alone at the tea-table on which is a samov r. Enter nurse, carrying a teapot. NURSE. May I have a little hot water, ma'am? ANNA P VLOVNA. 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 P VLOVNA. But she seems quieter now. NURSE. Quiet, indeed It makes one ill to see her. She's been writing something, and crying.