The Storm by Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky
page 46 of 134 (34%)
page 46 of 134 (34%)
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[_Glasha goes out._ KATERINA. And it always will be. VARVARA. Why? KATERINA. I have been like that from my birth up, full of fire! I was only six years old, when do you know what I did? They offended me somehow at home,--it was in the evening and quite dark--I ran away to the Volga, and got into a boat, and pushed it off from the bank. They found me next morning, ten miles down the river. VARVARA. Really! And were there any men in love with you, as a girl? KATERINA. Of course there were! VARVARA. Well? And didn't you care for anyone? KATERINA. No, I only laughed at them. VARVARA. And you know, Katia, you don't love Tihon. |
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