But the mother is sitting in a misunderstanding.
AURORA MOISEEVNA (questioningly): Well…?
YAKOV (sincerely not understanding): Well, what?
AURORA MOISEEVNA (inquiringly): Well, so, what does it have to do with me?
YAKOV (sincerely indignant): How does this have anything to do with it? Were you in a hurry for your birthday?
AURORA MOISEEVNA (relieved): Oh…, well, yes. I presented it here, so I presented it. You can't get away with it. My fault, I admit. I repent. I'm a bad mother-in-law. Look what you've decided… She took it into her head to celebrate her birthday, which called into question a strong, cohesive, reliable and unbreakable marriage like the army of the Vatican.
YAKOV (appreciating the sarcasm): Come on. There will be irony. Well, of course, everything I've told you is just the consequences. And the source of ignition of emotional and psychological processes began even before that, on the eve of today's visit. She doesn't want to come to you. So he comes up with various scandals. So he tries to create situations in which we will inevitably quarrel. I understand all this. I endure – I endure, but my patience is not unlimited.