Letters of Anton Chekhov (Tchekhov) - Penn State University

Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends with biographical sketchTO L. S. MIZINOV.ALEXIN, May 17, 1891.Golden, mother-of-pearl, and fil d’Ecosse Lika! The mongoose ranaway the day before yesterday, and will never come back again. It isdead. That is the first thing.The second thing is, that we are moving our residence to the upperstorey of the house of B.K.—the man who gave you milk todrink and forgot to give you strawberries. We will let you know theday we move in due time. Come to smell the flowers, to walk, tofish, and to blubber. Ah, lovely Lika! When you bedewed my rightshoulder with your tears (I have taken out the spots with benzine),and when slice after slice you ate our bread and meat, we greedilydevoured your face and head with our eyes. Ah, Lika, Lika, diabolicalbeauty! …When you are at the Alhambra with Trofimov I hope you mayaccidentally jab out his eye with your fork.248