The following excerpt from anton chekhov's the proposal is a monologue. which two statements can best to distinguish this excerpt as a monologue?
lomov: it's cold . . i'm trembling all over, just as if i'd got an examination before me. the great thing is, i must have my mind made up. if i give myself time to think, to hesitate, to talk a lot, to look for an ideal, or for real love, then i'll never get married. . brr! . it's cold! natalya stepanovna is an excellent housekeeper, not bad-looking, well-educated. . what more do i want? but i'm getting a noise in my ears from excitement. [drinks] and it's impossible for me not to marry. . in the first place, i'm already 35—a critical age, so to speak. in the second place, i ought to lead a quiet and regular life. . i suffer from palpitations, i'm excitable and always getting awfully upset. . at this very moment my lips are trembling, and there's a twitch in my right eyebrow. . but the very worst of all is the way i sleep. i no sooner get into bed and begin to go off when suddenly something in my left side—gives a pull, and i can feel it in my shoulder and head. . i jump up like a lunatic, walk about a bit, and lie down again, but as soon as i begin to get off to sleep there's another pull! and this may happen twenty times. .