Platonov - 'The Magic Ring' - the barn door

[Olga Meerson]

Neshto dver' ... priperet':
It is something like:

The only thing/ All it makes sense to do is// unless [you want me] to/ go there and close the door tightly

Neshto itself means something like "unless"

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