Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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your grandfather!
CHUBUKOV. You Lomovs have had lunacy in your family, all of you! NATALYA STEPANOVNA. All, all, all! CHUBUKOV. Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on. LOMOV. And your mother was hump-backed. [Clutches at his heart] Something pulling in my side. ... My head. ... Help! Water! CHUBUKOV. Your father was a guzzling gambler! NATALYA STEPANOVNA. And there haven't been many backbiters to equal your aunt! LOMOV. My left foot has gone to sleep. ... You're an intriguer. ... Oh, my heart! ... And it's an open secret that before the last elections you bri ... I can see stars. ... Where's my hat? NATALYA STEPANOVNA. It's low! It's dishonest! It's mean! CHUBUKOV. And you're just a malicious, double-faced intriguer! Yes! LOMOV. Here's my hat. ... My heart! ... Which way? Where's the door? Oh! ... I think I'm dying. ... My foot's quite numb. ... [Goes to the door.] CHUBUKOV. [Following him] And don't set foot in my house again! |
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