Category: Short Stories
_Pod._ Really when a man’s alone, and thinks about it at his leisure, it does seem after all as if one ought to get married. Indeed, if you think of it, here one goes on, living and living; and one ends by getting quite disgusted with everything. There, I’ve let the time slip...
_Pod._ Really when a man’s alone, and thinks about it at his leisure, it does seem after all as if one ought to get married. Indeed, if you think of it, here one goes on, living...
2. SCENE II._Agàfia._ Why, auntie! there’s a journey again! Some king of diamonds takes an interest in me; then there are tears, and a love-letter; on the left-hand side the king of clubs e...
3. ACT II. SCENE I._Agàfia._ Really, it is a very difficult thing to have to choose. If there were only one or two of them—but to choose out of four!... Nikanòr Ivànovich is very nice-looking, tho...
4. SCENE I._Madame P._ (_lays down book_). That is cruel! That is dreadful! I would never have acted so! _Nous autres femmes_ ... we ... oh! we believe, we trust blindly, we never analyse....
5. SCENE I. IN COURTYARD.“In my youth I knew of naught but pleasure, Gold had I to spare and give;— Now my joys are vanished with my treasure, As a wretched slave I live.”
6. SCENE II. ON GALLERY._Karp._ Of course she is! She’s had learning; and she was married to a gentleman. But what are you? You were always a goodwife like any other. And now, just because your husband...
7. SCENE III. IN THE COURTYARD._Second C._ Why, there’s no comparing it; you’re a thousand times better off. If you knew what my mistress is like! She’s more of a Jew than a lady; she measures the very oats o...
8. SCENE IV. ON GALLERY.(KARP KÀRPYCH. OULÌTA _sits down at her place and pours out tea_. SERAFÌMA, _in hat and cloak, with parasol and green gloves_. MATRYÒNA _places on table a figured china cup whic...
9. SCENE V. IN THE COURTYARD._Second C._ So you see, my dear fellow, I’d got my head just full of the war, and never talked about anything but war with every man I met. And I got so worked up in my feelings...
10. SCENE VI. ON THE GALLERY._Oulìta._ Serafimoushka! I’d almost forgotten! There’s one more thing you must certainly do; now mind you don’t forget. When you’ve found out all about your lover, and are sure...