human
Plenty of brides, certainly. Here's Vasiutka Mikheïkin's daughter, and a right good girl she is; but the girl would not come to us without your consent.
gpt
Isn't she willing?
human
No, benefactor, she isn't.
gpt
Well, what's to be done? I can't compel her. Select some one else. If you can't find one at home, go to another village. I will pay for her, only she must come of her own free will. It is impossible to marry her by force. There's no law allows that; that would be a great sin.
human
she added, shaking her head dubiously.
gpt
Give us your advice, excellency.
human
Well, what can I do?
gpt
Think of some one for us, kind sir, repeated Arína urgently.
human
What are we to do?
gpt
How can I think of any one? I can't do any thing at all for you as things are.
human
Who will help us if you do not?
gpt
Here you ask for grain, and so I will give orders for some to be delivered to you, said the prince after a short silence, during which Arína sighed, and Davidka imitated her.
human
But I cannot do any thing more.
gpt
O-okh! alas for my wretchedness!