The Light Shines In Darkness - 9781542653510

Extract: ACT I Scene 1 The scene represents the verandah of a fine country-house, in front of which a croquet-lawn and tennis-court are shown, also a flower-bed. The children are playing croquet with their governess. Mary Iv?novna Sar?ntsova, a handsome elegant woman of forty; her sister, Alex?ndra Iv?novna K?hovtseva, a stupid, determined woman of forty-five; and her husband, Peter Semy?novich K?hovtsef, a fat flabby man, dressed in a summer suit, with a pince-nez, are sitting on the verandah at a table with a samov?r and coffee-pot. Mary Iv?novna Sar?ntsova, Alex?ndra Iv?novna K?hovtseva, and Peter Semy?novich K?hovtsev are drinking coffee, and the latter is smoking. ALEX?NDRA IV?NOVNA. If you were not my sister, but a stranger, and Nicholas Iv?novich not your husband, but merely an acquaintance, I should think all this very original, and perhaps I might even encourage him, J'aurais trouv? tout ?a tr?s gentil;[1] but when I see that your husband is playing the fool-yes, simply playing the fool-then I can't help telling you what I think about it. And I shall tell your husband, Nicholas, too. Je lui dirai son fait, ma ch?re.[2] I am not afraid of anyone. MARY IV?NOVNA. I don't feel the least bit hurt; don't I see it all myself? but I don't think it so very important. ALEX?NDRA IV?NOVNA. No. You don't think so, but I tell you that, if you let it go on, you will be beggared. Du train que cela va ...[3] PETER SEMY?NOVICH. Come! Beggared indeed! Not with an income like theirs. ALEX?NDRA IV?NOVNA. Yes, beggared! And please don't interrupt me, my dear! Anything a man does always seems right to you! PETER SEMY?NOVICH. Oh! I don't know. I was saying--.....

• | Author: Leo Tolstoy, G-Ph Ballin
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jan 19, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1542653517
• | ISBN-13: 9781542653510