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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: together with the dread of bright colours, of symmetry, and of
empty space, bears witness not only to spiritual indolence, but
also to a corruption of natural taste. For days together Katya
lies on the lounge reading, principally novels and stories. She
only goes out of the house once a day, in the afternoon, to see
me.
I go on working while Katya sits silent not far from me on the
sofa, wrapping herself in her shawl, as though she were cold.
Either because I find her sympathetic or because I was used to
her frequent visits when she was a little girl, her presence does
not prevent me from concentrating my attention. From time to time
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