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It took them five years to save money enough to come to America. They worked in Chicago, Des Moines, Fort Wayne, but they were always unfortunate. When Pavel's health grew so bad, they decided to try farming. Pavel died a few days after he unburdened his mind to Mr. Shimerda, and was buried in the Norwegian graveyard.
Pavel and Peter drove into the village alone, and they had been alone ever since. They were run out of their village. Pavel's own mother would not look at him. They went away to strange towns, but when people learned where they came from, they were always asked if they knew the two men who had fed the bride to the wolves. Wherever they went, the story followed them.
Pavel's swarthy, resolute, stern face was clearly outlined against the white pillow. Pressing her hand to her bosom, the mother stood at his bedside. Her lips moved mutely, and great tears rolled down her cheeks. Again they lived in silence, distant and yet near to each other.
Those who understood the meaning of the flag squeezed their way up to it. Mazin, Samoylov, and the Gusevs stood close at Pavel's side. Nikolay with bent head pushed his way through the crowd. Some other people unknown to the mother, young and with burning eyes, jostled her. "Long live the working people of all countries!" shouted Pavel.
So I drift about and about by myself, looking after myself, living alone. I miss that seal of Bishop Pavel's. One of his descendants gave it to me, and I had it in my waistcoat pocket this summer, but, looking for it now, I find I have lost it. Well, well; but, anyhow, I have been paid in advance for that mishap, in having owned it once. But I do not feel the want of books to read.
Have you told Tatiana about the samovar?" he added in an undertone. "It will soon be ready," Pavel replied; "and cream and everything." "Tatiana is Pavel's wife and just as reliable as he is," Solomin continued. "Until you get used to things, my dear lady, she will look after you." Mariana flung her cloak on to a couch covered with leather, which was standing in a corner of the room.
Pavel's eyes flashed with delight. "Have they? When? Many of them?" "It is forbidden to talk about this subject!" the warden lazily announced. "You may talk only of family matters." "And isn't this a family matter?" retorted the mother. "I don't know. I only know it's forbidden.
From the room she heard the sound of Pavel's voice. "There she is!" cried the Little Russian. The mother saw Pavel turn about quickly, and saw how his face lighted up with a feeling that held out the promise of something great to her. "There you are come home!" she mumbled, staggered by the unexpectedness of the event. She sat down.
"Sasha sends you her regards," she said. Pavel's eyelids quivered and fell. His face became softer and brightened with a clear, open smile. A poignant bitterness smote the mother's heart. "Will they let you out soon?" she inquired in a tone of sudden injury and agitation. "Why have they put you in prison? Those papers and pamphlets have appeared in the factory again, anyway."
The days glided by one after the other, like the beads of a rosary, and grew into weeks and months. Every Saturday Pavel's friends gathered in his house; and each meeting formed a step up a long stairway, which led somewhere into the distance, gradually lifting the people higher and higher. But its top remained invisible. New people kept coming.
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