Fruits of Culture: Footnotes

Footnotes

FOOTNOTES FOR FRUITS OF CULTURE

1.   Economical balls at which the ladies are bound to appear in
     dresses made of cotton materials.
2.   The present value of the rouble is rather over fifty cents.
3.   The Gypsy choirs are very popular in Moscow.
4.   BETSY. Cease! You are becoming quite unbearable!.
5.   PETR�STCHEF. I have C said (ceased), B said, and D said.
6.   BARONESS. But tell me, please, is he paid for this?
     ANNA P�VLOVNA. I really do not know.
     BARONESS. But he is a gentleman?
     ANNA P�VLOVNA. Oh, yes!
     BARONESS. It is almost miraculous. Isn't it? How does he manage
     to find things?
     ANNA P�VLOVNA. I really can't tell you. My husband will explain
     it to you.... Excuse me....
7.   Stunning!
8.   BARONESS. Capital! Does it not cause him any pain?
     LEON�D FY�DORITCH. Not the slightest.
9.   He uses a Centigrade thermometer.
10.  LEON�D FY�DORITCH. You bring good luck.
11.  FAT LADY. But he looks quite nice.
12.  To take a header.
13.  Do not disappoint us.
14.  BETSY. I have more than enough of your Koko.
15.  YOUNG PRINCESS. He is usually so very punctual....
16.  BETSY. Cease; mind the servants!
17.  And that won't suit me at all, at all! Not at all, at all!
18.  Employers have charge of the servants' passports, and in this way
     have a hold on them in case of misconduct.
19.  It is customary for peasants to marry just after Easter, but when
     spring has come and the field work begun, no marriages take place
     among them till autumn. (See also THE POWER OF DARKNESS
     footnote 2.)
20.  COUNTESS. Thank you (for your hospitality), a thousand thanks
21.  ANNA P�VLOVNA. Thank you (for coming to see us), a thousand
     thanks. Till next Tuesday!

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