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We had no money for a cab, and we walked on foot; I carried a parcel of our belongings on my back; my sister had nothing in her hands, but she gasped for breath and coughed, and kept asking whether we should get there soon. At last a letter came from Masha. In a few days I shall see the ocean so far from Dubetchnya, it's dreadful to think!
And all the time Masha frowned grimly and said nothing, or murmured to the doctor with exasperation: "Savages! Petchenyegs!" In the country newcomers are met ungraciously, almost with hostility, as they are at school. And we were received in this way. At first we were looked upon as stupid, silly people, who had bought an estate simply because we did not know what to do with our money.
Oh, misery! LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA. He isn't here, mother. PELAGÉYA EGÓROVNA goes out. RAZLYULYÁYEV. There you are! Lyubím Kárpych is playing some famous tricks! Ha, ha, ha! He's cutting up such capers, it beats all! LÍZA. It isn't at all funny, it's just rude! MÁSHA. I simply didn't know what to do from embarrassment. They seat themselves on the sofa. LYUBÍM KÁRPYCH comes in.
In what respect is Bélogorskaia not safe? Thank heaven, we have now lived here more than twenty-one years. We have seen the Bashkirs and the Kirghiz; perhaps we may weary out Pugatchéf here." "Well, little mother," rejoined Iván Kouzmitch, "stay if you like, since you reckon so much on our fort. But what are we to do with Masha? It is all right if we weary him out or if we be succoured.
GORDÉY KÁRPYCH. Why did they let him in? GORDÉY KÁRPYCH. What's he doing? "I'm also the host," says he. GORDÉY KÁRPYCH. Sh he's ruined me! KÓRSHUNOV. What's all this about? LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA. I don't know. It must be that uncle is Sometimes he takes a notion. Enter RAZLYULYÁYEV, MÁSHA, and LÍZA. LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA, KÓRSHUNOV, RAZLYULYÁYEV, MÁSHA, and LÍZA. Where is Lyubím Kárpych? What has he done?
He overtook her a mile and a half from his house, near a birch wood, on the high-road to the district town. The sun was sinking on the horizon, and everything was suddenly suffused with purple glow trees, plants, and earth alike. 'To Yaff! to Yaff! groaned Tchertop-hanov directly he caught sight of Masha. 'Going to Yaff! he repeated, running up to her, and almost stumbling at every step.
'Won't you give me a message for your friend, your shepherd lad, your tender sweet-heart, Kister, Avdey shouted after her. He had lost his head. 'Isn't he the happy man?... Masha made him no reply, and hurriedly, gladly retreated. She felt light at heart, in spite of her fright and excitement.
They listened to her entreaties, and after consulting together, took her into the company as a "countess" the name they used for the minor actresses who usually came on to the stage in crowds or in dumb parts. To begin with Masha used to play maid-servants and pages, but when Madame Beobahtov, the flower of Limonadov's company, eloped, they made her ingenue.
I saw something like it at Hong Kong when I went up the mountain in the railway. In Naples there is a magnificent arcade. And the shops!! The shops make me quite giddy. What brilliance! You, Masha, and you, Lika, would be rabid with delight. There is a wonderful aquarium in Naples. There are even sharks and squids.
Answers are requested to the following questions: Why do Ustyusha, Masha, Alyona, Peter, etc., have to bake, boil, sweep, empty slops, wait at table, while the gentry have only to eat, gobble, quarrel, make slops, and eat again?
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