Kirila

"We will pay with work," said Kirila, and he raised his hand above his head as though he would take an oath.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Kirila was on the point of following him, but, seeing the door slam, he stopped.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Five days later, as the doctor was on his way home after seeing his patients, he caught sight of Kirila again in his yard.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Father has the two of us: him, Vaska, and me, Kirila; besides us there are three sisters, and

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

The doctor looked wonderingly at Kirila, and without saying a word walked on.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

She was moaning and groaning and praying for death, and yet she looked at the man who brought her and muttered: "Let the lentils go, Kirila, you can thresh them later, but thresh the oats now."

Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

They got into conversation; Kirila told him what he had come to the hospital for, and what he had been talking about to the doctor.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

After parting from the old man Kirila stood still in the middle of the square, thought a little, and walked back out of the town.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Kirila islet is about a quarter of a mile from the shore.

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Now running his fastest laps of the event, Kirila patiently moved his way back though the field pushing his No. 11 Gresham Motorsports racer into contention for a Top-5 finish.

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