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The Schoolmaster & other storiesANNA: I believe you are unhappy.During the sixteenth scene Pavel Vassilyevitch yawned,and accidently made with his teeth the sound dogs makewhen they catch a fly. He was dismayed at this unseemlysound, and to cover it assumed an expression of raptattention.“Scene seventeen! When will it end?” he thought. “Oh,my God! If this torture is prolonged another ten minutesI shall shout for the police. It’s insufferable.”But at last the lady began reading more loudly andmore rapidly, and finally raising her voice she read “Curtain.”Pavel Vassilyevitch uttered a faint sigh and was aboutto get up, but the lady promptly turned the page andwent on reading.ACT II.—Scene, a village street. On right, School. On left,Hospital. Villagers, male and female, sitting on the hospitalsteps.“Excuse me,” Pavel Vassilyevitch broke in, “how manyacts are there?”“Five,” answered the lady, and at once, as though fearingher audience might escape her, she went on rapidly.VALENTIN is looking out of the schoolhouse window. Inthe background Villagers can be seen taking their goods tothe Inn.Like a man condemned to be executed and convincedof the impossibility of a reprieve, Pavel Vassilyevitchgave up expecting the end, abandoned all hope, and simplytried to prevent his eyes from closing, and to retainan expression of attention on his face…. The futurewhen the lady would finish her play and depart seemedto him so remote that he did not even think of it.“Trooo—too—too—too …” the lady’s voice soundedin his ears. “Troo—too—too … sh—sh—sh—sh …”“I forgot to take my soda,” he thought. “What am Ithinking about? Oh—my soda…. Most likely I shall havea bilious attack…. It’s extraordinary, Smirnovsky swillsvodka all day long and yet he never has a bilious at-72
Anton Tchekhovtack…. There’s a bird settled on the window … a sparrow….”Pavel Vassilyevitch made an effort to unglue hisstrained and closing eyelids, yawned without openinghis mouth, and stared at Mme. Murashkin. She grewmisty and swayed before his eyes, turned into a triangleand her head pressed against the ceiling….VALENTIN No, let me depart.dwindled to the size of a bottle, swayed from side toside, and with the table retreated to the further end ofthe room …VALENTIN (holding ANNA in his arms): You havegiven me new life! You have shown me an object to livefor! You have renewed me as the Spring rain renews theawakened earth! But … it is too late, too late! The illthat gnaws at my heart is beyond cure….ANNA (in dismay): Why?VALENTIN (aside): She has turned pale! (To her) Donot force me to explain. Sooner would I die than youshould know the reason.ANNA (after a pause): You cannot go away….The lady began to swell, swelled to an immense size,and melted into the dingy atmosphere of the study—only her moving mouth was visible; then she suddenlyPavel Vassilyevitch started and with dim and smartingeyes stared at the reading lady; for a minute he gazedfixedly as though understanding nothing….SCENE XI.—The same. The BARON and the POLICEINSPECTOR with assistants.VALENTIN: Take me!ANNA: I am his! Take me too! Yes, take me too! I lovehim, I love him more than life!73
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ContentsTHE SCHOOLMASTER...........
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Anton TchekhovTHESCHOOLMASTER&OTHER
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Anton Tchekhovbeen born a teacher.
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Anton TchekhovENEMIESBETWEEN NINE A
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Page 37 and 38: Anton TchekhovIIWHEN NADYA WOKE UP
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Page 91 and 92: Anton TchekhovTHE MARSHAL’S WIDOW
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Anton Tchekhov“How are you?”“
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Anton TchekhovA TRIPPING TONGUENATA
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Anton TchekhovThe surveyor heaved a
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Anton Tchekhovpolice captains, I am
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Anton TchekhovTHE ORATORONE FINE MO
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Anton TchekhovWe live in stone hous
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