a-ga-fya

Updated: June 25, 2025

I sat there a long time.... I saw the stars begin to grow misty and lose their brightness; a cool breath passed over the earth like a faint sigh and touched the leaves of the slumbering osiers.... "A-ga-fya!" a hollow voice called from the village. "Agafya!" It was the husband, who had returned home, and in alarm was looking for his wife in the village.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - The Witch and other stories