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But when he saw it and knew it, he fell to the ground a-fainting for joy; and, when he revived, he said, "Praised be Allah! This is a foretaste of good and a presage of reunion with my beloved."
The coachman, who was playing at draughts with the head groom, looked up for an instant, then silently made his move. "My lady's a-fainting, and my lord's calling for water! Where's Ivan, I say? 'tis his business to fetch it." "There's Ivan," said the cook, pointing contemptuously to a sandy-haired figure fast asleep under the table.
'Tis like your brazen impudence to teave and wail when you be another woman's husband; yes, faith, I see'd her a-fainting in yer arms when you wanted to get away from her, and honest folk a-standing round who knew you'd married her, and said so. I heard it, though you didn't see me. "He's married!" says they. Some sly register-office business, no doubt; but sly doings will out.
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