Delphi Complete Works of Anton Chekhov

SCENE XI.

OSSIP and VENGEROVITCH II.

OSSIP (beating the ground with his hat and crying). All’s ended! All’s ended, and may the earth swallow it all!

VENGEROVITCH II (lying on the ground). What’s he saying?

OSSIP. I saw all, and heard all! My eyes were bursting, and a mighty hammer kept hammering at my ears! I heard all! Well, how am I not to kill him, when everything in me wants to tear him to pieces... (Sits down on a mound, his back to the school.) I must kill him. . . .

VENGEROVITCH II. What’s he saying? Kill whom?