human
Are you Madame Pólteff?
gpt
Just so, sir, she answered, in a low voice, and without sitting down.--
human
I am the widow of your nephew, Mikhaíl Andréevitch Pólteff.
gpt
Is Mikhaíl Andréevitch dead? Has he been dead long?--But sit down, I beg of you.
human
This is the second month since he died.
gpt
And were you married to him long ago?
human
I lived with him one year in all.
gpt
And whence come you now?
human
I come from the vicinity of Túla.... There is a village there called Známenskoe-Glúshkovo--perhaps you deign to know it. I am the daughter of the sexton there. Mikhaíl Andréitch and I lived there.... He settled down with my father. We lived together a year in all.