The Bishop and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Bishop and Other Stories, by Anton ChekhovThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Bishop and Other StoriesAuthor: Anton ChekhovRelease Date: September 9, 2004 [EBook #13419]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BISHOP AND OTHER STORIES ***Produced by James RuskTHE TALES OF CHEKHOVVOLUME 7THE BISHOP AND OTHER STORIESBYANTON TCHEKHOVTranslated by CONSTANCE GARNETTCONTENTSTHE BISHOP THE LETTER EASTER EVE A NIGHTMARE THE MURDER UPROOTED THE STEPPETHE BISHOPITHE evening service was being celebrated on the eve of Palm Sunday in the Old Petrovsky Convent. When they begandistributing the palm it was close upon ten o'clock, the candles were burning dimly, the wicks wanted snuffing; it was all ina sort of mist. In the twilight of the church the crowd seemed heaving like the sea, and to Bishop Pyotr, who had beenunwell for the last three days, it seemed that all the faces—old and young, men's and women's—were alike, that everyonewho came up for the palm had the same expression in his eyes. In the mist he could not see the doors; the crowd keptmoving and looked as though there were no end to it. The female choir was singing, a nun was reading the prayers forthe day.How stifling, how ...