"Darling, the Meadows are ours!"- Who said this and to whom? Whom did the meadows belong to? Why was there an argument over them?
Chubukov said this to Lomov. The meadows belonged to the Lomovs.
Lomov came to Chubukov house to propose to Natalya for marriage. But he could not tell her his real intention because he started talking about the Oxen Meadows and soon their casual discussion turned into an argument. Lomov claimed that his aunt's grandmother had given the free use of the meadows to the peasants of Chubukov grandfather for forty years and they had to make bricks for her in return. But Natalya refused to believe his words and claimed that the meadows belonged to the Chubukovs. Soon their argument turned into an ugly squabble.
"You're not a neighbour, you're a grabber!"-Who said this and to whom? Why is this said?
Lomov said the quoted line to Chubukov. To Lomov's claim that he owned the Oxen Meadows, Natalya outrightly protested telling him that it belonged to them, the Chubukovs. This led to an argument. Lomov told that the Meadows belonged to his aunt's grandmother who let the peasants of Natalya's father's grandfather use it, in return for which they were to make bricks for her. Natalya on the other hand argued that the Meadows belonged to them for nearly three hundred years. None was ready to give in. When the temperature rose, Chubukov appeared to pacify but he himself got involved. Both Lomov and Chubukov started abusing each other. As Lomov considered Oxen Meadows to be lawfully his, he called Chubukov a land-grabber.
