Which sentence in this excerpt from anton chekhov's the proposal best reveals the setting of the play?
natalya stepanovna: well, there it's you, and papa said, "go; there's a merchant come for his goods."
how do you do, ivan vassilevitch!
lomov: how do you do, honoured natalya stepanovna?
natalya stepanovna: you must excuse my apron and négligé we're shelling peas for drying. why haven't you been here for such a long
time? sit down. [they seat themselves) won't you have some lunch?
lomov: no, you, i've had some already
natalya stepanovna: then here are the the weather is splendid now, but yesterday it was so wet that the workmen
didn't do anything all day.
how much hay have you stacked? just think, i felt greedy and had a whole field cut, and now i'm not at all about it because i'm afraid my
hay may rot.
i ought to have waited a bit. but what's this? why, you're in evening dress! well, i nevert are you going to a ball, or i must say you
look better. tell me, why are you got up like that?
lomov: [excited) you see, honoured natalya stepanovna the fact is, i've made up my mind to ask you to hear me of course you'll be
surprised and perhaps even angry, but (aside it's awfully cold!