In this short story by Anton Chekhov a young man plays a mean trick on a terrified lady-friend by whispering a ghostly ‘I love you’ as they speed down a mountain on a toboggan. Unsure of what she heard, the woman asks the man to repeat the ride over and over. Each time they do so he whispers the same words, with the same effect. Soon it becomes an obsession and every day she wants to go up the mountain to listen for the words. The woman’s reaction when she thinks she has the answer is a surprise.
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