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As she did not treat him as an honored guest, nor think it necessary to trouble herself about one who was a relation, almost a member of the family circle, before half an hour had elapsed he went out into the garden. There he and Liza strolled along one of the alleys, while Lenochka and Shurochka played around the flower-pots at a little distance from them.
The horse neighed, pawed the air, and tossed the foam from its nostrils. "Come and stroke it, Lenochka; don't be afraid." Lenochka stretched out her hand from the window, but Orlando suddenly reared and shied.
"You don't happen to know if he left any music behind?" "I don't know, but I should scarcely think so." A general silence ensued, and each one of the party looked at the others. A shade of sadness swept over all the youthful faces. "But Matros is alive," suddenly cried Lenochka. "And Gedeonovsky is alive," added her brother. The name of Gedeonovsky at once called forth a merry laugh.
Happiness was not for me. Even when I did indulge in hopes of happiness, my heart shuddered within me. I know all, both my sins and those of others, and how papa made our money. I know all, and all that I must pray away, must pray away. I grieve to leave you, I grieve for mamma and for Lenochka; but there is no help for it. I feel that it is impossible for me to live here longer.
"And Elena Mikhailovna?" "Lenochka is in the garden also. Have you any news?" "Rather!" replied the visitor, slowly screwing up his eyes, and protruding his lips. "Hm! here is a piece of news, if you please, and a very startling one, too. Fedor Ivanovich Lavretsky has arrived." "Fedia!" exclaimed Marfa Timofeevna. "You're inventing, are you not?" "Not at all. I have seen him with my own eyes."
Lenochka, as his old acquaintance, was the first to name herself, assuring him that, if she had had a very little more time, she would most certainly have recognized him; and then she introduced all the rest of the company to him, giving them all, her betrothed included, their familiar forms of name. The whole party then went through the dining-room into the drawing-room.
After the words, "I suffer!" he breathed a light sigh, and with downcast eyes let his voice die gradually away. When he had finished; Liza praised the air, Maria Dmitrievna said, "Charming!" and Gedeonovsky exclaimed, "Enchanting! the words and the music are equally enchanting!" Lenochka kept her eyes fixed on the singer with childish reverence.
"But I think " began Maria Dmitrievna, adding, however, "Well, just as you like." It was settled that Lenochka and Shurochka should go. Marfa Timofeevna refused to take part in the excursion. "It's a bore to me, my dear," she said, "to move my old bones; and there's nowhere, I suppose, in your house where I could pass the night; besides, I never can sleep in a strange bed.
They placed him in a large arm-chair, and sat down gravely around him. Questions, exclamations, anecdotes, followed swiftly one after another. "What a long time it is since we saw you last!" naïvely remarked Lenochka; "and we haven't seen Varvara Pavlovna either." "No wonder!" her brother hastily interrupted her "I took you away to St.
Liza became a little uncomfortable, and slowly turned to where Lenochka and Shurochka were in the flower-garden. "But I am glad I showed you that newspaper," said Lavretsky, as he followed her. "I have grown accustomed to conceal nothing from you, and I hope you will confide in me equally in return." "Do you really?" said Liza, stopping still. "In that case, I ought. But, no! it is impossible."
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