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Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin:
"For whom would nature exist with no one to behold her?" Question mark. "With no one to feel the swirling snow blowing ever colder?" Question mark. "No one to fear the thunder with its mighty roar?" Question mark. "No one to greet the wind blowing from afar?" Question mark. "No one to hear the waves lapping at the shore?" Question mark. "No one to scan the sky to spy the falling star?"

Alla Mikhaylovna Yermakova - Buzykin's Mistress:
Question mark.

Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin:
"For no one... for herself... for a lark." What? What is it?