“ It is not every man that earns as much! Pray drink your wine. . . ."The matchmaker drained her glass without winking. Stytchkin looked her over from head to foot in silence, then said:"Fifty roubles. . . . Why, that is six hundred roubles a year. . . . Please take some more. . . With such dividends, you know, Lyubov Grigoryevna, you would have no difficulty in making a match for yourself. . . .""For myself," laughed the matchmaker, "I am an old woman.""Not at all. . . . You have such a figure, and your face is plump and fair, and all the rest of it."The matchmaker was embarrassed. ”
Anton Chekhov
Summary
“A Happy Ending”, is a work by Anton Chekhov. It explores elements such as Stytchkin, Lyubov Grigoryevna and matchmaker.
Quotes from A Happy Ending (Anton Chekhov)
“ I am a practical and sober man, I lead a sensible and consistent life, so that I may hold myself up as an example to many. But one thing I lack—a domestic hearth of my own and a partner in life, and I live like a wandering Magyar, moving from place to place without any satisfaction. I have no one with whom to take counsel, and when I am ill no one to give me water, and so on. Apart from that, Lyubov Grigoryevna, a married man has always more weight in society than a bachelor. ”
“ I am a man of the educated class: I am just as much at home, I may say, with Prince Kanitelin as I am with you here now. But my habits are simple, and I want a girl who is not too much a fine lady. Above all, she must have respect for me and feel that I have made her happiness. ”
