Sarah Monologue from Anathema: A Tragedy in Seven Scenes

From Anathema: A Tragedy in Seven Scenes by Leonid Andreyev

female · anguished · 1:02 min

When a Jew buys a chicken, it is because either the Jew is sick or the chicken is sick. Sonka Zitron's son is dying; yesterday he commenced to die and to-day he will end it--the boy is tenacious and he is dying slowly. (BEZKRAINY: Why did she come here if her son is dying?) Because it is necessary to trade. (PURIKES: It is necessary to trade.) Yesterday we ate nothing, we waited for to-day; and to-day we will eat nothing, waiting that to-morrow will bring us customers and happiness. Happiness! Who knows what is happiness? All people are equal before God, and yet one sells two cents' worth, while another sells thirty cents' worth. And one always two cents' worth, while the other always thirty cents' worth, and no one knows why happiness is given to a person.

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