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The Cause of it All

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 [Translator]; Maude, Louise, 1855-1939 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 4,225 words

MARTHA. Oh dear, my heart feels heavy! I know it means trouble; there's nothing to keep him there. It will again be like the other day, when he went to town to sell the firewood and drank nearly half of it. And he blames me for everything.

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1. Chapter 1

MARTHA. Oh dear, my heart feels heavy! I know it means trouble; there's nothing to keep him there. It will again be like the other day, when he went to town to sell the firewood...

2. Chapter 2

AKULÍNA [with a pail] He'd have beaten you black and blue yesterday, had it not been for that fellow. I don't see him. Has he gone? I suppose he has. [Exit one after the other].