kiryakov's

Updated: May 12, 2025

In the morning as she is preparing to depart she sees Kiryakov's little son, a pale, close-cropped schoolboy, in the dining-room drinking his tea. . . . Kiryakov is standing opposite him, saying in his flat, even voice: "You know how to eat, you must know how to work too.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - The Schoolmaster