HENRY TILE CARL TILE, _His Brother_ ELIZABETH ALEXANDROV, _nicknamed “Feklusha”_ “HAPPY JENNIE” ANDREY TIZENHAUSEN IVAN YERMOLAYEV IVAN, _man servant_ TWO HOUSE PAINTERS SCENE: _Two house painters are singing a song behind the wall. They sing it softly, without words, monotonously. CARL TILE, a student, is sitting at his brother HENRY TILE’S writing table. The apartment is new, not yet completely finished or furnished; nor is the room in which CARL TILE is sitting completely finished. It is intended as a drawing room, and the new furniture is arranged in strict order: armchairs, plain chairs, a small round table near a couch, an oval mirror; but there are no rugs, no draperies, and no paint…
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