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:
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
