... LVOFF. Ivanoff, I have something serious to speak to you about. IVANOFF. What is it ? LVOFF. It is about your wife. She refuses to go to the Crimea alone, but she would go with you. IVANOFF. ... Characters NICHOLAS IVANOFF, perpetual member of the Council of Peasant Affairs ANNA, his wife. Nee Sarah Abramson MATTHEW SHABELSKI, a count, uncle of Ivanoff PAUL LEBEDIEFF, President ... relative of Ivanoff, and manager of his estate AVDOTIA NAZAROVNA, an old woman GEORGE, lives with the Lebedieffs FIRST GUEST SECOND GUEST THIRD GUEST FOURTH GUEST PETER, a servant of Ivanoff...