Lyubov's former midwife, Eleonora Shnap appears at Antonina Pavlovna's birthday party wearing a pince-nez (The Event, Act Two). Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (the author of Kashtanka and Lady with a Dog, whose wife had a dog called Shnap) was often portrayed wearing his pince-nez:
 
Chekhov seated at a desk
 
In reply to Carolyn:
 
I hope you'll pardon me for not answering your questions. If you could overcome your dislike for Ada and reread it, you probably would not have asked me them.
 
Alexey Sklyarenko
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