Ivan Lapikov: Sgt. Poprischenko
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starshina Poprischenko : We should remember about this at all times: right now, when we bury our comrade, our regiment's last officer, and thereafter, too, when someone will be playing an accordion, during moments of rest.
starshina Poprischenko : We should remember how we retreated, sons, but we fought to the last.
starshina Poprischenko : Only a handful of us is left, but we won't be ashamed to look people in the eye, though, with a heavy heart it will be.
starshina Poprischenko : I'm the oldest of you, it's my fourth war...
starshina Poprischenko : But I do believe: our regiment will be replenished with new people, and soon we'll retrace our steps, moving to the West.
starshina Poprischenko : And our stride will be heavy, so heavy, as to make the earth shudder.
starshina Poprischenko : And, maybe, comrade Lieutenant, you will hear our footfalls...
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starshina Poprischenko : Look at her, Lopakhin, she's like a walking statue!
Pyotr Lopakhin : A woman is always a woman, and she's even lovely.
starshina Poprischenko : Her looks gives me the shivers. She is the spitting image of that woman's statue I saw in Moscow at the agricultural exhibition.
Pyotr Lopakhin : So what?
starshina Poprischenko : You're too small for her.
Pyotr Lopakhin : You're a grown-up person, and you don't know what every woman knows?
starshina Poprischenko : What do you mean?
Pyotr Lopakhin : A small flea is the most passionate!
