Anton+Chekov+Continued


 * __The Kiss__**

"...Who is she? Ryabovich wondered as he glanced at the grimy ceiling. His neck still felt as if it had been anointed with oil and he hadthat tingling sensation around his mouth - just like peppermint drops. He had fleeting visions of the lilac girl's shoulders and arms, the temples and truthful eyes of the blonde in black, waists, dresses, brooches. he tried to fix these visions firmly in his mind, but they kept dancing about, dissolving, flickering."


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 * __The Bishop__**

"..His old mother arrived. She was frightened when she saw his wrinklled face and dilated eyes, and she fell on her kness by the bed and started kkissing his face, shoulders and hands. And somehow she too thought that he had become thinner, weaker and more insignificant than anyone else; she forgot that he was a bishop and kissed him like a much loved child."


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