Anton Chekhov

“ Until to-day, you were the only people who knew that such a person as Dimitri Kuldaroff existed, but now all Russia knows it! Oh, mother! Oh, heavens!"
Mitia jumped up, ran through all the rooms, and dropped back into a chair.
"But what has happened? Talk sense!"
"You live like wild animals, you don't read the news, the press is nothing to you, and yet there are so many wonderful things in the papers ! Everything that happens becomes known at once, nothing remains hidden ! Oh, how happy I am ! ”

“ The newspapers only write about famous people, and now there is something in them about me!"
"What do you mean? Where is it?"
Papa turned pale. Mamma glanced at the icon and crossed herself. The schoolboys jumped out of bed and ran to their brother in their short night-shirts.
"Yes, sir! There is something about me in the paper ! The whole of Russia knows it now. Oh, mother, keep this number as a souvenir; we can read it from time to time. Look !" ”