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The old lady wrinkled her brow, and waited impatiently till he should finish speaking. "So long as you live, dear Granny," he continued, "the estate naturally remains under your control; the peasants must have their freedom...." "Never," interrupted his aunt, "Veroshka and Marfinka are not beggars each of them has her fifty thousand roubles and after my death three times that sum, perhaps more.
"Do not recall your sufferings, Veroshka, and do not distress yourself unnecessarily. We agreed never to speak of it again." "But for the letters I should not have spoken, for I need peace. Take me away, Grandmother, hide me, or I shall die. He calls me to that place." Tatiana Markovna rose and drew Vera into the armchair, while she drew herself to her full height.
Tatiana Markovna put on her glasses, and tried to read them, but she found that she could not decipher them, and eventually Vera had to read them. She read in a whisper, suppressing a phrase here and there; then she crumpled them up and put them back in her pocket. "What do you think, Veroshka?" asked Tatiana Markovna, uncertainly. "He is willing to be betrothed and to remain here.
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