The North Star Page #3

No.

All right.

You don't have to keep

saying it over and over.

Are you sure you feel

about me as you used to?

I don't like this talk.

It -- it's bad.

It's only natural that I --

it's not natural at all.

It's not like you.

I've loved you since I was

old enough to see you.

I will love you until I die.

That's the way it is,

and there's no need

to talk about it.

You mean you'll never

talk about it?

You'll never tell me?

I'll tell you in my own time.

But I'll not tell

you to waste time.

Look here, Marina.

You and I are -- are

like one person.

And I always thought you wanted

both of us to be educated and --

I didn't mean that.

Of course I want you to

go to the university.

Of course.

It'd make me sad

if you didn't --

and ashamed.

But it wouldn't matter.

I'd go anyway.

I'm a citizen of this country.

I intend to go forward

with it and --

and to give it all I have.

I have strong

feelings about it.

You'll come along

with those feelings.

But... You don't

come before them.

I understand.

I feel the same way for

myself, for both of us.

I was being foolish.

I only wanted to be with you.

I'm proud you got the

scholarship, of course.

You'll be a great man,

and the whole district

will be proud of you.

You'll have medals.

I think we'll go to the

theater every night.

That's too often.

And we'll grow old together,

and I'll be a beautiful

old woman and very kind.

Oh, I'm sure of it.

My grandchildren will love me,

and you will, too,

more than ever.

What's wrong with that?

Plenty of people

grow old together

and have a fine

life behind them.

I didn't say there was

anything wrong with it.

I shall buy baby

dresses in Kiev.

For whom?

For our first...

Our grandchildren.

Oh.

You'll, um, you'll put the

dresses away for a while?

Yes. Of course

that's what I mean.

When we get home, you and

I should call a meeting,

and the five of us should

go over all the plans

for our journey tomorrow.

Don't you think, Kolya?

I don't need to plan

to get up and get dressed

and eat my breakfast.

I know how to do that.

I'm getting tired of hearing you

children talk about this trip.

I'm only going because

Father made me.

Oh.

Oh, I thought it was because

-- well, because me.

I-I mean us.

Don't you like us?

No.

Oh.

What's the matter

with you, Clavdia?

I-I have a choking

sensation in my chest.

You eat too much.

You usually do.

It's not at all that.

It's my emotions in the chest.

Clavdia, you're a throwback.

What's that? What do you mean?

Somebody who doesn't

belong to their own time.

Ours is a new world, Clavdia.

You don't belong in it.

Oh, I see.

You mean I'm rather

old-fashioned

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