As the mistress of the house, she felt herself entitled to wear a dressing-gown in the presence of her guests, and to call the officers by their surnames; she looked on Masha as a little girl, and talked to her as though she were a schoolmistress.

На правах хозяйки она ходила при гостях в блузе, офицеров величала по фамилии, на Манюсю глядела как на девочку и говорила с нею тоном классной дамы.

Чехов, А.П. / Учитель словесностиChekhov, A. / The teacher of literature

The teacher of literature

Chekhov, A.

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Учитель словесности

Чехов, А.П.

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