JUNE
169
JENIK: Oh, no, Lidka isn't going,—she'll look after the house.
LOSHAN (his face twitches a little, imperceptibly, only with a slight overshadowing): The young lady will stay at home? Hang it, what was I going to say? Why, I believe it's clean gone out of my head. Well, it's of no consequence, after all. Thanks, Ledynsky, for the favour. I'll say good day, madam.
MRS. LEDYNSKA: I'm glad to have seen you, Pan Loshan.
JENIK: Good-bye, good-bye, old chap. Give us a look up another time. (Leads Loshan through the kitchen.)
JENIK (returning from outside): I'll wager my head he wanted to borrow money from me.
MRS. LEDYNSKA: What a curious person he is!
JENIK: He is curious.
MRS. LEDYNSKA: I'll go and put on my things in your room,—somebody else might pay us a call. (Takes the clothes and goes towards the side room.)
JENIK (goes after her and asks through the door): Mother, where's Lidka gone?
MRS. LEDYNSKA (from the room): Lidka? Where could she have gone? (At this moment Lidka enters from outside; she is pale, her gait is heavy, and her eyes are dilated and are fixed unsteadily upon some vague object.)
