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The heart-broken old man soothed her, and at once sent off his own carriage for his daughter-in-law, for the first time giving her the title of Malanya Sergyevna. Malanya came with her son and Marfa Timofyevna, who would not on any consideration allow her to go alone, and was unwilling to expose her to any indignity. Half dead with fright, Malanya Sergyevna went into Piotr Andreitch's room.
Malánya Pávlovna was a native of Moscow, and had been accounted the greatest beauty in town, la Vénus de Moscou. When I knew her she was already a gaunt old woman, with delicate but insignificant features, little curved hare-like teeth in a tiny little mouth, with a multitude of tight little curls on her forehead, and dyed eyebrows.
And, in fact, that deacon's widow understood how to utter prayerful words in an irrepressible sort of way, without a break even when she inhaled or exhaled her breath and Malánya Pávlovna listened and melted with emotion.
"Has he fallen asleep?" asked in a whisper the old woman who knew how to pray so tastily, peering out from behind Irinárkh, who was standing as motionless as a pillar at the door, and staring intently at his dying master. "Yes," replied Malánya Pávlovna, also in a whisper. And suddenly Alexyéi Sergyéitch opened his eyes.
I looked at my hands -and those were strange also! I looked at my belly and the belly belonged to some one else! Which signifies that I am devouring some other person's life. Send for the priest; and in the meanwhile, lay me on my bed, from which I shall not rise again." Malánya Pávlovna was in utter consternation, but she put the old man to bed, and sent for the priest.
It so happened that among Anna Pavlovna's maids there was one very pretty girl with clear soft eyes and refined features, Malanya by name, an modest intelligent creature. She took his fancy at first sight, and he fell in love with her: he fell in love with her timid movements, her bashful answers, her gentle voice and gentle smile; every day she seemed sweeter to him.
He was already an old man when I made his acquaintance; I remember that I was twelve years old at my first visit, and he was already over seventy. He had been born under the Empress Elizabeth, in the last year of her reign. He lived alone with his wife, Malánya Pávlovna; she was ten years younger than he.
Not a day passed without Glafira reminding her of her former position, and commending her for not forgetting herself. Malanya Sergyevna could have reconciled herself readily to these reminiscences and commendations, however they might be but Fedya was taken away from her, that was what crushed her.
George because he was a very brave hero, a cavalier of the Order of St. George: he burned the Turks!" Notwithstanding all this, Malánya Pávlovna was a very kind woman; she was easy to please. "She doesn't nag you, and she doesn't sneer at you," the maids said of her.
He, too, grew accustomed to her, and even fond of her, though he scarcely ever spoke to her, and a certain involuntary contempt was perceptible even in his signs of affection to her. Malanya Sergyevna had most to put up with from her sister-in-law.
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