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Letters of Anton Chekhov (Tchekhov) - Penn State University

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<strong>Anton</strong> <strong>Chekhov</strong>June 28.… It has begun to be terribly hot here. The heat caught me unawares,as I have only winter suits here. I am gasping and dreaming<strong>of</strong> getting away. But where to go? I should like to go to Italy, toComo, but everyone is running away from the heat there. It is hoteverywhere in the south <strong>of</strong> Europe. I should like to go from Triesteto Odessa by steamer, but I don’t know how far it is possible now, inJune and July …. If it should be rather hot it doesn’t matter; I shouldhave a flannel suit. I confess I dread the railway journey. It is stiflingin the train now, particularly with my asthma, which is made worseby the slightest thing. Besides, there are no sleeping carriages fromVienna right up to Odessa; it would be uncomfortable. And weshould get home by railway sooner than we need, and I have nothad enough holiday yet. It is so hot one can’t bear one’s clothes, Idon’t know what to do. Olga has gone to Freiburg to order a flannelsuit for me, there are neither tailors nor shoemakers in Badenweiler.She has taken the suit Dushar made me as a pattern.I like the food here very much, but it does not seem to suit me;my stomach is constantly being upset. I can’t eat the butter here.Evidently my digestion is hopelessly ruined. It is scarcely possible tocure it by anything but fasting—that is, eating nothing—and that’sthe end <strong>of</strong> it. And the only remedy for the asthma is not moving.There is not a single decently dressed German woman. The lack<strong>of</strong> taste makes one depressed.Well, keep well and happy. My love to Mother, Vanya, George,and all the rest. Write!I kiss you and press your hand.Yours,A.THE END431

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