Michael Borkin Monologue from Ivanoff: A Play

From Ivanoff: A Play by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

male · defiant · 1:02 min

What do you mean? Aren't you sure yourself? (SHABELSKI: Are you mad? I never was sure of anything. Bah!) Many thanks! I am much obliged to you for the information. So you are trying to fool me, are you? First you say you will marry Martha and then you say you won't; the devil only knows which you really mean, but I have given her my word of honour that you will. So you have changed your mind, have you? (SHABELSKI: He is actually in earnest; what an extraordinary man!) (losing his temper) If that is how you feel about it, why have you turned an honest woman's head? Her heart is set on your title, and she can neither eat nor sleep for thinking of it. How can you make a jest of such things? Do you think such behaviour is honourable?

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