Not sure what he said which Chekhov are you referring to? What I do see is one pissed off version of Kiplings.
"When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male."
My wife was as good a shot as I however she could "John Wayne" a M2 Carbine on full auto with a transverse arc of only about 25 degrees while the best I could do was over 45 degrees, I never argued with her when we around firearms.
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"When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male."
Dragonrider, that's an excellent quote to apply to this story! We be of one blood, you and I.