Читать книгу The Essential Russian Plays & Short Stories - Максим Горький - Страница 124

You should have seen the lobster I saw. It was a painted one, but it was even more beautiful than a live one. Red like a cardinal, majestic, stern. You could kneel down and do homage to it. I think I could eat two such cardinals and a priest of a carp besides.

WIFE (sadly)

You didn't see my flowers, did you?