Note Book Of Anton Chekhov — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

My neighbor V.N.S. told me that his uncle Fet-Shenshin, the famous poet, when driving through the Mokhovaia Street, would invariably let down the window of his carriage and spit at the University. He would expectorate and spit: Bah His coachman got so used to this that every time he drove past the University, he would stop.