Letters of Anton Chekhov (Tchekhov) - Penn State University

Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends with biographical sketchMarch 4.I have sent you to-day two stories: Filippov’s (he was here yesterday)and Yezhov’s. I have not had time to read the latter, and I thinkit is as well to say, once for all, that I am not responsible for what Isend you. My handwriting on the address does not mean that I likethe story.Poor Yezhov has been to see me; he sat near the table crying: hisyoung wife is in consumption. He must take her at once to thesouth. To my question whether he had money he answered that hehad …. It’s vile catch-cold weather; the sky itself is sneezing. I can’tbear to look at it …. I have already begun writing of Sahalin. I havewritten five pages. It reads all right, as though written with intelligenceand authority ... I quote foreign authors second-hand, butminutely and in a tone as though I could speak every foreign languageperfectly. It’s regular swindling.Yezhov has upset me with his tears. He reminded me of something,and I was sorry for him too.Don’t forget us sinners.124