Tsehhov daam koeraga Chekov Lady and the Lapdog
In desperation, she turned to
the Count Saint-Germain, an occultist of dubious repute [on the subject of whom, thanks in part to
Pushkin, a considerable literature biographical, mystical and fictional has now accumulated].
Saint-Germain gave her a three-card tip, with the aid of which she retrieved her loss against the
Duke. Thereafter, the Countess revealed the formula to no one, except, some years later, to a young
man named Chaplitsky, who won with it, having promised never to play again, and has since died in
poverty.
In Chapter II, Tomsky discusses the possibility of introducing Narumov to his grandmother; the latter's young
ward, Lizaveta Ivanovna, is disappointed that Narumov is not an engineer, as a young officer of that calling
has been watching the house and attempting to pay court to her. That engineer is Hermann, who, having
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