Zinaida Monologue from Ivanoff: A Play

From Ivanoff: A Play by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

female · anguished · 1:04 min

His misfortunes have almost ruined him, poor man. His affairs are in a frightful condition. If Borkin did not take such good charge of his estate he and his Jewess would soon be starving to death. (She sighs) And what anxiety he has caused us! Heaven only knows how we have suffered. Do you realise, my dear, that for three years he has owed us nine thousand roubles? (MARTHA: Nine thousand!) Yes, that is the sum that my dear Paul has undertaken to lend him. He never knows to whom it is safe to lend money and to whom it is not. I don't worry about the principal, but he ought to pay the interest on his debt. (SASHA: Mamma, you have already discussed this subject at least a thousand times!) What difference does it make to you? Why should you interfere?

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