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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: and for Pobyedimsky's two roubles, but we provided the cloth, the
lining, and the buttons. The price cannot be considered
excessive, as Novostroevka was about seven miles from us, and the
tailor came to fit us four times. When he came to try the things
on and we squeezed ourselves into the tight trousers and jackets
adorned with basting threads, mother always frowned
contemptuously and expressed her surprise:
"Goodness knows what the fashions are coming to nowadays! I am
positively ashamed to look at them. If brother were not used to
Petersburg I would not get you fashionable clothes!"
Spiridon, relieved that the blame was thrown on the fashion and
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