Chekhov
TheolicesuerintendentOtchumyeloviswalkingacrossthemarketsquarewearinganewovercoatandcarryingaarcelunderhisarm。Ared-hairedolicemanstridesafterhimwithasievefullofconfiscatedgooseberriesinhishands。Thereissilenceallaround。Notasoulinthesquare。。。TheoendoorsoftheshosandtavernslookoutuonGod&aos;sworlddisconsolately,likehungrymouths;thereisnotevenabeggarnearthem。
"Soyoubite,youdamnedbrute?
"Otchumyelovhearssuddenly。
"Lads,don&aos;tlethimgo!Bitingisrohibitednowadays!Holdhim!ah。。。ah!
"
Thereisthesoundofadogyeling。Otchumyelovlooksinthedirectionofthesoundandseesadog,hoingonthreelegsandlookingabouther,runoutofPitchugin&aos;stimber-yard。Amaninastarchedcottonshirt,withhiswaistcoatunbuttoned,ischasingher。Herunsafterher,andthrowinghisbodyforwardfallsdownandseizesthedogbyherhindlegs。Oncemorethereisayelingandashoutof
"Don&aos;tletgo!
"Sleeycountenancesarerotrudedfromtheshos,andsoonacrowd,whichseemstohavesrungoutoftheearth,isgatheredroundthetimber-yard。
"Itlookslikearow,yourhonour。。。
"saystheoliceman。
Otchumyelovmakesahalfturntotheleftandstridestowardsthecrowd。Heseestheaforementionedmanintheunbuttonedwaistcoatstandingclosebythegateofthetimber-yard,holdinghisrighthandintheairanddislayingableedingfingertothecrowd。Onhishalf-drunkenfacethereislainlywritten:
"I&aos;llayyouout,yourogue!
"andindeedtheveryfingerhasthelookofaflagofvictory。InthismanOtchumyelovrecognisesHryukin,thegoldsmith。Theculritwhohascausedthesensation,awhiteborzoyuywithasharmuzzleandayellowatchonherback,issittingonthegroundwithherfore-awsoutstretchedinthemiddleofthecrowd,tremblingallover。Thereisanexressionofmiseryandterrorinhertearfuleyes。
"What&aos;sitallabout?
"Otchumyelovinquires,ushinghiswaythroughthecrowd。
"Whatareyouherefor?Whyareyouwavingyourfinger?Whowasitshouted?
"
"Iwaswalkingalonghere,notinterferingwithanyone,yourhonour,
"Hryukinbegins,coughingintohisfist。
"IwastalkingaboutfirewoodtoMitryMitritch,whenthislowbrutefornorhymeorreasonbitmyfinger。。。Youmustexcuseme,Iamaworkingman。。。Mineisfinework。Imusthavedamages,forIshan&aos;tbeabletousethisfingerforaweek,maybe。。。It&aos;snoteventhelaw,yourhonour,thatoneshouldutuwithitfromabeast。。。Ifeveryoneisgoingtobebitten,lifewon&aos;tbeworthliving。。。
"
"H&aos;m。Verygood,
"saysOtchumyelovsternly,coughingandraisinghiseyebrows。
"Verygood。Whosedogisit?Iwon&aos;tletthisass!I&aos;llteachthemtolettheirdogsrunalloverthelace!It&aos;stimethesegentrywerelookedafter,iftheywon&aos;tobeytheregulations!Whenhe&aos;sfined,theblackguard,I&aos;llteachhimwhatitmeanstokeedogsandsuchstraycattle!I&aos;llgivehimalesson!。。。Yeldyrin,
"criesthesuerintendent,addressingtheoliceman,
"findoutwhosedogthisisanddrawuareort!Andthedogmustbestrangled。Withoutdelay!It&aos;ssuretobemad。。。Whosedogisit,Iask?
"
"Ifancyit&aos;sGeneralZhigalov&aos;s,
"sayssomeoneinthecrowd。
"GeneralZhigalov&aos;s,h&aos;m。。。Helmeoffwithmycoat,Yeldyrin。。。it&aos;sfrightfullyhot!Itmustbeasignofrain。。。There&aos;sonethingIcan&aos;tmakeout,howitcametobiteyou?
"OtchumyelovturnstoHryukin,
"Surelyitcouldn&aos;treachyourfinger。It&aos;salittledog,andyouareagreathulkingfellow!Youmusthavescratchedyourfingerwithanail,andthentheideastruckyoutogetdamagesforit。Weallknow。。。yoursort!Iknowyoudevils!
"
"Heutacigaretteinherface,yourhonour,forajoke,andshehadthesensetosnaathim。。。Heisanonsensicalfellow,yourhonour!
"
"That&aos;salie,Squinteye!Youdidn&aos;tsee,sowhytellliesaboutit?Hishonourisawisegentleman,andwillseewhoistellingliesandwhoistellingthetruth,asinGod&aos;ssight。。。AndifIamlyingletthecourtdecide。It&aos;swritteninthelaw。。。Weareallequalnowadays。Myownbrotherisinthegendarmes。。。letmetellyou。。。
"
"Don&aos;targue!
"
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