A Defenceless Creature

ebook Chekhov Stories

By Anton Chekhov

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The wife of a former collegiate assessor walks into a bank and demands the missing pay of her dismissed husband. 'I am a weak, defenceless woman', she reasons. She repeats this endlessly, exhausts the already exhausted and gout afflicted bank manager and the rest of his staff. In the end she gets the requested money from the bank manager's own wallet, but like a recovering addict getting a taste of some smack, she wants more...

A Defenceless Creature