Question

What a surprise! We’ve had the land for nearly three hundred years, and then we’re suddenly told that it isn’t ours! Ivan Vassilevitch, I can hardly believe my own ears. These meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiations and are worth perhaps 300 roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can’t stand unfairness. What is difficult for the speaker to believe?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The speaker is surprised and it is difficult for him to believe that the land, which was told that was their property and then suddenly their told that the land isn't their's.

Answer 2

Explanation:

In the one-act play “The Proposal” by Anton Chekhov, Natalya Stepanovna is the speaker of the above mentioned remark. Here the person spoken to is Lomov. Oxen meadows are referred to as 'the land'. From their conversation it is very clear that Oxen meadows were a land of controversy.