Читать книгу The Essential Russian Plays & Short Stories - Максим Горький - Страница 100

We congratulate you, dear uncle, on the birth of your son.

[They kiss him. Exit the Doctor.

MAN'S FATHER (greatly moved)

Thank you! Thank you! You are all very good, very nice, dear people, and I love you very much. I had my doubts beforehand thought that you, dear sister, were a little too much rapt up in yourself and your own worth and importance; and that you, dear brother, were somewhat too pedantic. The rest of you I thought were too cold to me, and came here only for the sake of the dinners. Now I see I was mistaken. I'm very happy. I get a son who resembles me, and then all at once I see myself surrounded by so many good people who love me. (They kiss)