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Updated: June 9, 2025
Anna for a raid. He expected a lieutenancy, said Beletski laughing. 'He was let in! He has set off for headquarters. It was growing dusk and Olenin began thinking about the party. The invitation he had received worried him. He felt inclined to go, but what might take place there seemed strange, absurd, and even rather alarming.
Without considering what he was doing Olenin embraced Maryanka and was going to kiss her, but she suddenly extricated herself, upsetting Beletski and pushing the top off the table, and sprang away towards the oven. There was much shouting and laughter. Then Beletski whispered something to the girls and suddenly they all ran out into the passage and locked the door behind them.
At that moment Beletski pushed the door open, and Maryanka sprang away from Olenin and in doing so her thigh struck his leg. 'It's all nonsense what I have been thinking about love and self-sacrifice and Lukashka. Happiness is the one thing.
Olenin and Beletski were discussing how to snatch Ustenka and Maryanka out of the ring. Beletski thought that Olenin wished only to amuse himself, but Olenin was expecting his fate to be decided. He wanted at any cost to see Maryanka alone that very day and to tell her everything, and ask her whether she could and would be his wife.
He was devising an excuse to get out and run away when Beletski announced that Ustenka, whose saint's day it was, must offer chikhir to everybody with a kiss. She consented on condition that they should put money on her plate, as is the custom at weddings. 'What fiend brought me to this disgusting feast? thought Olenin, rising to go away. 'Where are you off to?
And taking her by the hand he led her to the bench and sat her down beside Olenin. 'What a beauty, he said, turning her head to see it in profile. Maryanka did not resist but proudly smiling turned her long eyes towards Olenin. 'A beautiful girl, repeated Beletski. 'Yes, see what a beauty I am, Maryanka's look seemed to endorse.
'Now, Maryanka, it's your turn to offer us wine and a kiss, said Beletski, seizing her hand. 'Yes, I'll give you such a kiss! she said playfully, preparing to strike at him. 'One can kiss Grandad without payment, said another girl. 'There's a sensible girl, said Beletski, kissing the struggling girl. 'No, you must offer it, he insisted, addressing Maryanka. 'Offer a glass to your lodger.
'Yes, yes, spend it all, answered Olenin and sat down by the window, surprised that his heart was thumping as if he were preparing himself for something serious and wicked. He heard screaming and shrieking in the girls' hut when Beletski went there, and a few moments later saw how he jumped out and ran down the steps, accompanied by shrieks, bustle, and laughter. 'Turned out, he said.
It was raised nearly five feet from the ground on wooden piles, and had two rooms. On the side wall hung brass basins and weapons, while on the floor, under a bench, lay watermelons and pumpkins. In the second room there was a big brick oven, a table, and sectarian icons. It was here that Beletski was quartered, with his camp-bed and his pack and trunks.
She frowned, and sternly pushed him away with her hand. And again she appeared so majestically handsome to Olenin that he came to his senses and felt ashamed of what he was doing. He went to the door and began pulling at it himself. 'Beletski! Open the door! What a stupid joke! Maryanka again gave a bright happy laugh. 'Ah, you're afraid of me? she said.
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