The Complete Plays of Oscar Wilde. Оскар Уайльд

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      PROLOGUE.

      Table of Contents

      Scene. — A Russian Inn.

      Large door opening on snowy landscape at back of stage.

      Peter Sabouroff and Michael.

      Peter (warming his hands at a stove). Has Vera not come back yet, Michael?

      Mich. No, Father Peter, not yet; ‘tis a good three miles to the post office, and she has to milk the cows besides, and that dun one is a rare plaguey creature for a wench to handle.

      Peter. Why didn’t you go with her, you young fool? she’ll never love you unless you are always at her heels; women like to be bothered.

      Mich. She says I bother her too much already, Father Peter, and I fear she’ll never love me after all.

      Peter. Tut, tut, boy, why shouldn’t she? you’re young and wouldn’t be ill-favoured either, had God or thy mother given thee another face. Aren’t you one of Prince Maraloffski’s gamekeepers; and haven’t you got a good grass farm, and the best cow in the village? What more does a girl want?

      Mich. But Vera, Father Peter —

      Peter. Vera, my lad, has got too many ideas; I don’t think much of ideas myself; I’ve got on well enough in life without ‘em; why shouldn’t my children? There’s СКАЧАТЬ