Avdotia Nazarovna Monologue from Ivanoff: A Play

From Ivanoff: A Play by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

female · comedic · 1:07 min

(Shrieks) Bad luck to you, you nearly knocked me down. (ALL: Oh, she is always everywhere at once!) So this is where you all are? I have been looking for you all over the house. Good-day to you, boys! (She shakes hands with everybody.) (LEBEDIEFF: What brings you here?) Business, my son. (To SHABELSKI) Business connected with your highness. She commanded me to bow. (She bows) And to inquire after your health. She told me to say, the little birdie, that if you did not come to see her this evening she would cry her eyes out. Take him aside, she said, and whisper in his ear. But why should I make a secret of her message? We are not stealing chickens, but arranging an affair of lawful love by mutual consent of both parties. And now, although I never drink, I shall take a drop under these circumstances.

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