𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐻𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓃

"𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓷" 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓾𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝓓𝓶𝓲𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓬𝓱, 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 25 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 1886 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓭 𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓴𝓱𝓸𝓿 𝓽𝓸 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓾𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓸𝓷 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓮𝓼.𝓘𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓼 28 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓵𝔂 𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓴𝓱𝓸𝓿 𝓪𝓭𝓶𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓾𝓹 𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓮'𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓮𝔁𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓵𝔂. "𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓶𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 '𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓷' 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓸 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱, 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂, 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝓫𝓪𝓽𝓱!"

𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓖𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓲𝓷𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂, 𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻'𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓼. 𝓐𝓵𝓮𝔁𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓛𝓪𝔃𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓿-𝓖𝓻𝓾𝔃𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓴𝔂𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓲𝓻𝓼 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓴𝓱𝓸𝓿 𝓪𝓼 𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓲𝓶: "𝓐𝓹𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂, 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝔂 '𝓗𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓷' 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 '𝓢𝓽 𝓟𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓰 𝓖𝓪𝔃𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮', 𝓖𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓢𝓾𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓪𝓲𝓭: '𝓐𝓵𝓮𝔁𝓮𝔂 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓰𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓬𝓱, 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓭𝓸 𝓲𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓴𝓱𝓸𝓿 𝓽𝓸 𝓝𝓸𝓿𝓸𝔂𝓮 𝓥𝓻𝓮𝓶𝔂𝓪. 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓱𝓲𝓼 '𝓗𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓷'. 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓷!' 𝓢𝓾𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓷 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓚𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓲𝓷,𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓶 𝓘 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓫𝔂 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻, 𝓽𝓸 𝓳𝓸𝓲𝓷 𝓝𝓸𝓿𝓸𝔂𝓮 𝓥𝓻𝓮𝓶𝔂𝓪!"

The story is from Russia,

The story was first published on 1 August (o.s. 18 July) 1885 in Peterburgskaya Gazeta (Issue No. 194), signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте). It featured in all the 14 editions of Chekhov's 1886 collection Motley Stories (Пёстрые рассказы), first published in Saint Petersburg in 1886, and was included by the author into Volume 3 of the original edition of the Collected Works by A.P. Chekhov, published by Adolf Marks in 1899–1901.