Michael Borkin Monologue from Ivanoff: A Play

From Ivanoff: A Play by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

male · contemplative · 44 sec

(Sits down) There is something in her, Nicholas, that one doesn't find in other women, isn't there? An elfin strangeness. (He sighs) Although she is without doubt the richest girl in the country, her mother is so stingy that no one will have her. After her mother's death Sasha will have the whole fortune, but until then she will only give her ten thousand roubles and an old flat-iron, and to get that she will have to humble herself to the ground. (He feels in his pockets) Will you have a smoke? (He offers IVANOFF his cigarette case) These are very good.

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