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"Did you explain to him that everybody is searched before being allowed to enter, that it is the order, and that even my mother herself has submitted to it?" "I told him all that, Barinia; and I told him about madame your mother." "What did he say to that?" "That he was not madame your mother. He acted angry." "Well, let him come in without being searched." "The Chief of Police won't like it."
"Do as I say." Ermolai bowed and returned to the garden. The "barinia" left the veranda, where she had come for this conversation with the old servant of General Trebassof, her husband, and returned to the dining-room in the datcha des Iles, where the gay Councilor Ivan Petrovitch was regaling his amused associates with his latest exploit at Cubat's resort.
He slept like a child and did not touch his potion." "And my leg is almost well." "All the same, it is singular that those grapes should have disappeared," insisted the marshal, following his fixed idea. "Ermolai," called Matrena. The old servant appeared. "Yesterday evening, after these gentlemen had left the house, did you notice a small white box on the garden table?" "No, Barinia."
Rouletabille did not wish to be seen. He made a sign to Ermolai, who was passing through the garden and who hurried to meet him at the gate. "The Barinia," said the reporter, in a low voice and with his finger to his lips to warn the faithful attendant to caution. In two minutes Matrena Petrovna joined Rouletabille in the lodge.
Rouletabille saw her hand tremble on the handle of the rolling-chair, which she had not quitted for a second during all the promenade, refusing aid from the officers, the friends, and even from Rouletabille. "First there came the Head of Police, who told me he would go and find you, Barinia, and right after, His Excellency the Marshal of the Court.
On all-fours he ran like a beast, rapidly and silently, and rose behind the wall of the villa, where he made a turn, reached the gate, aroused the dvornicks and demanded Ermolai, who opened the gate for him. "The Barinia?" he said. Ermolai pointed his finger to the bedroom floor. "Caracho!"
"BARINIA, the young stranger has arrived." "Where is he?" "Oh, he is waiting at the lodge." "I told you to show him to Natacha's sitting-room. Didn't you understand me, Ermolai?" "Pardon, Barinia, but the young stranger, when I asked to search him, as you directed, flatly refused to let me."
Lastly, the barinia herself alighted, and stood revealed as Madame Korobotchka, widow of a Collegiate Secretary! The consequences of her venture the reader will learn from a conversation between two ladies. We will reserve it for the ensuing chapter.
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