"Lights" is a novella by the famed Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov. Ananyev is an engineer working on a railroad construction project, with Baron Von Schtenberg, a student of the Institute of Transport. Ananyev narrates to his young companion a tale of his past encounter with a former schoolmate. The woman now married invites him to her mansion for a cup of tea, but what he encounters there leaves a lasting impression on the engineer…
