Anton Chekhov - The Horse Stealers

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>>8453886
merik was a kind of dark triad guy, I'm not even memeing, she was mesmerized by him. That thing he said to her was kinda flirting, he was saying it in the way you would be left guessing whether he's being serious or not, which is thrilling (also notice her reaction to this violent threat - she asks what's it like living in Kuban - she has a very romanticised view of his life and travels while she probably never been anywhere but a few local villages herself). So she helped the thief steal the horse of a boring square guy just to be a part of something thrilling.

About the police - in the story itself you can read about an instance of the locals preferring taking justice into their own hands (by throwing Merik into an ice-hole and beating him up) to invoking the authorities. I don't know - probably because of the lack of trust or they considered it more trouble than just gathering together and fucking the thief up, maybe thinking it would be a good enough lesson. Although if the fire involved an actual murder like Yergunov believes it to, it most certainly would be handled by the authorities

>>8454638

I'm not even OP but damn, that's a nice answer.

>>8454650
Thanks!

>>8454638
OP here, I thought of something similar like that but damn, like this other Anon said, nice answer, thank you!