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Updated: May 7, 2025
He used to cough whenever he spoke and tears used to come to his eyes. He spent eight years on his applications, and at last he became happy again and lively: he had thought of a new dodge. His daughter, you see, had grown up. He doted on her and could never take his eyes off her. And, indeed, she was very pretty, dark and clever. Every Sunday he used to go to church with her at Guyrin.
'I want to live by my own work, said he, 'in the sweat of my brow, because I am no longer a nobleman but an exile. 'Why, said I. 'God help you, for that is good. He was a young man then, ardent and eager; he used to mow and go fishing, and he would ride sixty miles on horseback. Only one thing was wrong; from the very beginning he was always driving to the post-office at Guyrin.
And from that time on, mark you, he used to go to Guyrin every week to find out if money had been sent from Russia. A terrible lot of money was wasted. 'She stays here, said he, 'for my sake, and her youth and beauty wither away here in Siberia.
We must ignore her and laugh at her. That's what I said to him.... Two years later I ferried him over and he rubbed his hands and laughed. 'I'm going, said he, 'to Guyrin to meet my wife. She has taken pity on me, she says, and she is coming here. She is very kind and good. And he gave a gasp of joy.
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