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From The Duel and Othe Stories by Anton Chekhov
Published by Penguin Classics 1984 - page 115
Afterwards they sat for a long time in the front garden, snuggling close to one another, saying nothing. Or they would give voice to their dreams of happy life that lay ahead, speaking in brief, broken sentences, and he felt that never before had he spoken so long and so eloquently.
XXI
More then three months passed.
The day of von Koren's departure arrived. From early morning there had been a cold, heavy rain, a north-easterly had blown up and a strong sea was running. In that kind of weather, people said, a steamer would have difficulty in getting into the roadstead. According to the timetable, it should have arrived at ten in the morning, but when he went down to the quay at noon and after lunch, von Koren could make out nothing through his binoculars except grey waves and rain veiling the horizon.
The verdict: the translator Ronald Wilks should be shot.
Published by Penguin Classics 1984 - page 115
Afterwards they sat for a long time in the front garden, snuggling close to one another, saying nothing. Or they would give voice to their dreams of happy life that lay ahead, speaking in brief, broken sentences, and he felt that never before had he spoken so long and so eloquently.
XXI
More then three months passed.
The day of von Koren's departure arrived. From early morning there had been a cold, heavy rain, a north-easterly had blown up and a strong sea was running. In that kind of weather, people said, a steamer would have difficulty in getting into the roadstead. According to the timetable, it should have arrived at ten in the morning, but when he went down to the quay at noon and after lunch, von Koren could make out nothing through his binoculars except grey waves and rain veiling the horizon.
The verdict: the translator Ronald Wilks should be shot.
