LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. But not always. Manifestations have been observed by me, and by many others, both by candlelight and daylight.
PROFESSOR [interrupting] May the lights be put out?
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. Yes, certainly. [Puts out candles] Ladies and gentlemen! attention, if you please.
Tánya gets from under the sofa and takes hold of a thread tied to a chandelier.
PETRÍSTCHEF. I like that Spaniard! Just in the midst of a conversation--off he goes head downwards ... as the French say: _piquer une tête_.[13]
BETSY. You just wait a bit, and see what will happen!
PETRÍSTCHEF. I have only one fear, and that is that Vovo may be moved by the spirit to grunt like a pig!
VASÍLY LEONÍDITCH. Would you like me to? I will ...
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. Gentlemen! Silence, if you please!
Silence. Simon licks the matches on his fingers and rubs his knuckles with them.
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. A light! Do you see the light?
SAHÁTOF. A light? Yes, yes, I see; but allow me ...
FAT LADY. Where? Where? Oh dear, I did not see it! Ah, there it is. Oh!...
PROFESSOR [whispers to Leoníd Fyódoritch, and points to Grossman, who is moving] Do you notice how he vibrates? It is the dual influence. [The light appears again].
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH [to the Professor] It must be he--you know!
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. A Greek, Nicholas. It is his light. Don't you think so, Alexéy Vladímiritch?
PROFESSOR. A certain Greek, who was a monk at Constantinople under Constantine and who has been visiting us lately.
FAT LADY. Where is he? Where is he? I don't see him.
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. He is not yet visible ... Alexéy Vladímiritch, he is particularly well disposed towards you. You question him.
PROFESSOR [in a peculiar voice] Nicholas! Is that you?
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH [joyfully] It is he! It is he!
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. Why, the two knocks. It is an affirmative answer; else all would have been silence.
Silence. Suppressed giggling in the young people's corner. Tánya throws a lampshade, pencil and penwiper upon the table.
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH [whispers] Do you notice, gentlemen, here is a lamp-shade, and something else--a pencil!... Alexéy Vladímiritch, it is a pencil!
PROFESSOR. All right, all right! I am watching both him and Grossman!
Grossman rises and feels the things that have fallen on the table.