Delphi Complete Works of Anton Chekhov

SCENE XII.

The SAME and SOFYA EGOROVNA.

SOFYA EGOROVNA (goes to the table and searches for something).

GREKOVA (seizing Platonov by the hand). Sh-h . . . (Pause.)

SOFYA EGOROVNA (takes the revolver, shoots at Platonov and misses him).

GREKOVA (places herself between Platonov and Sofya Egorovna). What are you doing? (She shouts.) Come here! Quick!

SOFYA EGOROVNA. Let me . . . (Evades Grekova and, holding the revolver close to Platonov’s breast, pulls the trigger.) Wait, wait... How is it . . . (He falls. Anna Petrovna, Ivan Ivanovitch, Triletzky and Voinitzev come running in.)

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