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"I was taking a walk out of sheer boredom." "Bored! with two beautiful girls at home. You, an artist, and you are taking a walk out of sheer boredom. Don't your affections prosper?" he winked. "They are lovely children, especially Vera?" "How do you know my cousins, and in what way do they concern you?" asked Raisky drily. "Don't be vexed. Come into my drawing-room."
Were they terrified by the storm?" "My horses obey me like dogs. Should I have driven Vera Vassilievna if there were any danger?" "You are a good friend," interrupted Vera. "I have absolute trust both in you, and in your horses." At this moment Raisky returned, having changed his clothes. He had noticed the glance which Vera gave Tushin, and had heard her last remark.
Following on this Vera had fallen ill, then Tatiana Markovna, no one was admitted to the house, Raisky wandered about like one possessed, and the doctors gave no definite report. There was no word or sign of a wedding. Why had Tushin not made his offer, and if he made it, why was it not accepted? People surmised that Raisky had entrapped Vera; if so, why did he not marry her.
It is your possession to do as you please with." "What should I do with it now? I will have it brought over, so that I can take care of it; else in the end that man Mark will...." Raisky strode about the room, Vera's eyes were fixed on her needlework, and Tatiana Markovna went to the window.
Marfinka, who did not know what to say, squeezed herself flat against the stove and looked at her two relatives. Her aunt pushed papers and books on one side, crossed her hands over her breast, and looked out of the window, while Raisky sat down beside Marfinka, and took her hand. "Would you like to go away from here, Marfinka, into a strange house, perhaps in an altogether different district?"
I do not want to step out of the circle I have drawn for myself; and nobody else should cross the line. In its sanctity lies my peace and my whole happiness. "If Raisky oversteps this line, the only course that remains to me is to fly from here. That is easy to say, but where?
"Come to the point, Granny! You don't really want to leave this nest in your old age." "We'll see, we'll see. Give them the lace on their wedding-day. I can do nothing with you; talk to Tiet Nikonich who is coming to dinner." And she wondered what would come of such strangeness. Raisky took his cap to go out, and Marfinka went with him.
Marfinka drew closer to Raisky, and looked down indifferently on the familiar picture. "Come down!" he said suddenly, and seized her hand. "No, I am afraid," she answered trembling, and drew back. "I won't let you fall. Do you think I can't take care of you?" "Not at all, but I am afraid. Veroshka has no fear, but goes down alone, even in the dusk.
"Where is the pair of trousers?" asked Raisky ironically. "I am not joking; you must pay me my three hundred roubles." "Why? I am not in love as you see." "I see that you are head over ears in love." "How do you see that." "In your face." "The month is past, and with it the wager at an end. As I don't need the trousers I will make you a present of them to go with the coat."
Just as he was going to lie down again there was another tap on the door, he opened it immediately. Marina entered, bearing a jar of preserves; then she brought a bed and two pillows. "The mistress sent them," she said. Raisky laughed heartily, and was almost moved to tears. Early in the morning a slight noise wakened Raisky, and he sat up to see Mark disappear through the window.
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