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But he did not creep out from under his rug. The pot was soon completely emptied. 'Have you heard, boys, began Ilyusha, 'what happened with us at Varnavitsi? 'Near the dam? asked Fedya. 'Yes, yes, near the dam, the broken-down dam. That is a haunted place, such a haunted place, and so lonely. All round there are pits and quarries, and there are always snakes in pits. 'Well, what did happen?
'No, I didn't see him, and no one ever can see him, answered Ilyusha, in a weak hoarse voice, the sound of which was wonderfully in keeping with the expression of his face; 'I heard him.... Yes, and not I alone. 'Where does he live in your place? asked Pavlusha. 'In the old paper-mill. 'Why, do you go to the factory? 'Of course we do. My brother Avdushka and I, we are paper-glazers.
They could not for long after reconcile themselves to my presence, and, drowsily blinking and staring into the fire, they growled now and then with an unwonted sense of their own dignity; first they growled, and then whined a little, as though deploring the impossibility of carrying out their desires. There were altogether five boys: Fedya, Pavlusha, Ilyusha, Kostya and Vanya.
The face of the third, Ilyusha, was rather uninteresting; it was a long face, with short-sighted eyes and a hook nose; it expressed a kind of dull, fretful uneasiness; his tightly- drawn lips seemed rigid; his contracted brow never relaxed; he seemed continually blinking from the firelight.
One day as we were going to bathe, papa turned round and said to me: "Do you know, Ilyusha, I am very pleased with myself to-day. I have been bothered with her for three whole days, and could not manage to make her go into the house; try as I would, it was impossible. It never would come right. But to-day I remembered that there is a mirror in every hall, and that every lady wears a bonnet.
But I fetched the water, though. 'Ah, God have mercy upon us! said the boys, crossing themselves. 'It was the water-spirit calling you, Pavel, said Fedya; 'we were just talking of Vasya. 'Ah, it's a bad omen, said Ilyusha, deliberately. 'Well, never mind, don't bother about it, Pavel declared stoutly, and he sat down again; 'no one can escape his fate. The boys were still.
'To the river, to get water; I want some water to drink. The dogs got up and followed him. 'Take care you don't fall into the river! Ilyusha cried after him. 'Why should he fall in? said Fedya. 'He will be careful. 'Yes, he will be careful. But all kinds of things happen; he will stoop over, perhaps, to draw the water, and the water-spirit will clutch him by the hand, and drag him to him.
'One can see the departed any time, Ilyusha interposed with conviction. From what I could observe, I judged he knew the village superstitions better than the others.... 'But on All Hallows' day you can see the living too; those, that is, whose turn it is to die that year. You need only sit in the church porch, and keep looking at the road.
At first they gossiped of one thing and another, the work of to-morrow, the horses; but suddenly Fedya turned to Ilyusha, and, as though taking up again an interrupted conversation, asked him: 'Come then, so you've seen the domovoy?
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