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"Tragedy in Life and in Art," repeated Rudin. 'Mr. Bassistoff too will read it. But I have not altogether settled on the fundamental motive. I have not so far worked out for myself the tragic significance of love. Rudin liked to talk of love, and frequently did so.
Kortchagin was a handsome young man, a society lion, excessively conceited and important; he behaved with extraordinary dignity, just as if he had not been a living man, but his own statue set up by public subscription. 'Well, no, not altogether nonsense, replied Bassistoff with a smile; 'Darya Mihailovna was very favourable to him; but Natalya Alexyevna would not even hear of him.
Ah! how glad I am for my brother I And Natalya, is she bright and happy? 'Yes. She is quiet, as she always is. You know her but she seems contented. The evening was spent in friendly and lively talk. They sat down to supper. 'Oh, by the way, inquired Lezhnyov of Bassistoff, as he poured him out some Lafitte, 'do you know where Rudin is? 'I don't know for certain now.
That gentleman will always find two or three adherents everywhere, to listen to him open-mouthed and lend him money. You will see he will end by dying in some out-of-the-way corner in the arms of an old maid in a wig, who will believe he is the greatest genius in the world. 'You speak very harshly of him, remarked Bassistoff, in a displeased undertone.
Boncourt, the governess, a dry old maiden lady of sixty, with a false front of black curls under a parti-coloured cap and cotton wool in her ears; in the corner near the door was huddled Bassistoff reading a paper, near him were Petya and Vanya playing draughts, and leaning by the stove, his hands clasped behind his back, was a gentleman of low stature, with a swarthy face covered with bristling grey hair, and fiery black eyes a certain African Semenitch Pigasov.
'They don't use them because they don't understand them. Darya Mihailovna flushed slightly. 'You are beginning to be impertinent, African Semenitch! she remarked with a forced smile. There was complete stillness in the room. 'Where is Zolotonosha? asked one of the boys suddenly of Bassistoff. 'What next? a fine poet you would make! retorted Darya Mihailovna. 'Do you know Little Russian?
'I know him, put in Pigasov, 'he's a double dummy, a noisy dummy, if you like! If all people were like that, it would need a large sum of money to induce one to consent to live upon my word! 'Very likely, answered Bassistoff; 'but he plays a leading part in society. 'Well, never mind him! cried Alexandra Pavlovna. 'Peace be with him!
Every one in the house was very much surprised to hear of his intentions; even the servants looked at him with a puzzled air. Bassistoff did not conceal his sorrow. Natalya evidently avoided Rudin. She tried not to meet his eyes. He succeeded, however, in slipping his note into her hand.
There really were Vanya and Petya, Darya Mihailovna's sons, running along the road; after them walked their tutor, Bassistoff, a young man of two-and-twenty, who had only just left college. Bassistoff was a well-grown youth, with a simple face, a large nose, thick lips, and small pig's eyes, plain and awkward, but kind, good, and upright.
But I, he added, turning to Bassistoff, 'have been out a long while already; it's my passion to enjoy nature. 'We saw how you were enjoying nature, muttered Bassistoff. 'You are a materialist, God knows what you are imagining! I know you. When Pandalevsky spoke to Bassistoff or people like him, he grew slightly irritated, and pronounced the letter s quite clearly, even with a slight hiss.
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