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'Nikolai Artemyevitch, said the man with a certain solemnity, 'you are our master? 'I know that; what next! 'Nikolai Artemyevitch, graciously do not be angry with me; but I, having been in your honour's service from a boy, am bound in dutiful devotion to bring you 'Well what is it? The man shifted uneasily as he stood.
'There was a time, Nikolai Artemyevitch resumed, 'when daughters did not allow themselves to look down on their parents when the parental authority forced the disobedient to tremble. That time has passed, unhappily: so at least many persons imagine; but let me tell you, there are still laws which do not permit do not permit in fact there are still laws.
'No, you don't know what I am going to say! cried Nikolai Artemyevitch in a falsetto shriek, suddenly losing the majesty of his oratorical pose, the smooth dignity of his speech, and his bass notes. 'You don't know, vile hussy! 'For mercy's sake, Nicolas, murmured Anna Vassilyevna, 'vous me faites mourir? 'Don't tell me que je vous fais mourir, Anna Vassilyevna!
'Who is his father? inquired Anna Vassilyevna. 'His father? His father is a man well-known in his own line, of the highest moral character, un vrai stoicien, a retired major, I think, overseer of all the estates of the Count B 'Ah! observed Anna Vassilyevna. 'Ah! why ah? interposed Nikolai Artemyevitch. 'Can you be infected with prejudice?
Anna Vassilyevna met him cordially, reproached him a little for having quite forgotten them, and, finding him pale, inquired especially after his health. Nikolai Artemyevitch did not say a single word to him; he only stared at him with elaborately careless curiosity; Shubin treated him coldly; but Elena astounded him.
A disagreeable-looking man-servant came in with a cup of coffee, cream and sugar on a tray. 'The father is pleased with a suitor, pursued Nikolai Artemyevitch, breaking off a lump of sugar; 'but what is that to the daughter! That was all very well in the old patriarchal days, but now we have changed all that. Nous avons change tout ca.
You have even to my eyes grown thinner lately. I am afraid your treatment is doing you no good. 'The treatment is quite indispensable, observed Nikolai Artemyevitch, 'my liver is affected. At that instant Shubin came in. He looked tired. A slight almost ironical smile played on his lips. 'You asked for me, Anna Vassilyevna? he observed. 'Yes, certainly I asked for you.
'And was it only to tell me this that you made every one go away? Nikolai Artemyevitch again flung a glance this time one of irony at Anna Vassilyevna. 'Does that surprise you? Defer your surprise a little. He ceased speaking. Anna Vassilyevna too was silent for a little time. 'I could have wished she was beginning.
'I did not at all... with that idea, rejoined Nikolai Artemyevitch, still as before avoiding Shubin's eyes. 'However, I will readily forgive you, for, as you know, I am not an exacting person. 'Oh, that admits of no doubt! said Shubin. 'But allow me to be inquisitive; is Anna Vassilyevna aware precisely what constituted my offence?
Elena met Bersenyev cordially, though not in the garden, but the drawing-room, and at once, almost impatiently, renewed the conversation of the previous day. She was alone; Nikolai Artemyevitch had quietly slipped away. Anna Vassilyevna was lying down upstairs with a wet bandage on her head.
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