A Neighbour Monologue from The Power of Darkness

From The Power of Darkness by Leo, graf Tolstoy

any · anguished · 56 sec

I had a look at him yesterday. Dearie me! one wonders his body and soul keep together. And, O Lord, the other day he seemed just at his last gasp, so that they laid him under the holy icóns. (1) They started lamenting and got ready to lay him out. (1) It is customary to place a dying person under the icón. One or more icóns hang in the hut of each Orthodox peasant. ANÍSYA. He came to, and creeps about again. MATRYÓNA. Well, and is he to have extreme unction? ANÍSYA. The neighbours advise it. If he lives till to-morrow we'll send for the priest.

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