l-i-v-e

Updated: August 11, 2026

All the while as they rowed the man, whom Simeon called Vassili Andreich, stood motionless, pressing his thick lips tight and staring in front of him. When the driver craved leave to smoke in his presence, he answered nothing, as if he did not hear. And Simeon hung over the rudder and looked at him mockingly and said: "Even in Siberia people live. L-i-v-e!"

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories