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The Bet part 5
“If I have the courage to fulfil my intention,” thought the old man, “the Suspicion will fall on the watchman first of all.”
In the...
The Bet part 6
The banker took the sheet from the table and read:
“Tomorrow at twelve o`clock midnight, I shall obtain my freedom and the right to mix...
The Bet part 4
During the last two years of his confinement the prisoner read an extraordinary amount, quite haphazard. Now he would apply himself to the natural...
The Bet part 3
During the first year of imprisonment, the lawyer, as far as it was possible to judge from his short notes, suffered terribly from loneliness...
The Bet part 2
“If you mean it seriously,” replied the lawyer, “then I bet I`ll stay not five but fifteen.”
“Fifteen! Done!” cried the banker. “Gentlemen, I stake...
The Bet part 1
Anton Chekhov (1860 1904)
Chekhov stands out as one of the greatest short story writers of the world. Although he received an M.D. degree, he...
A Dark-Brown Dog part 5
One day, however, the father of the family got quite exceptionally drunk. He came home and held carnival with the cooking utensils, the furniture...
A Dark-Brown Dog part 4
Sometimes, too, the child himself used to beat the dog, although it is not known that he ever had what truly could be called...
A Dark-Brown Dog part 3
The parent demanded to know what the blazes they were making the kid howl for. It was explained in many words that the infernal...
A Dark-Brown Dog part 2
The child beat his pursuer with a small stick he had found. The dog lay down and prayed until the child had finished, and...
