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But Korzh would never have suspected anything out of the way, only one day it is evident that none but the Evil One could have inspired him Petrus took it into his head to kiss the Cossack maiden’s rosy lips with all his heart in the passage, without first looking well about him; and that same Evil One may the son of a dog dream of the holy cross! caused the old greybeard, like a fool, to open the cottage-door at that same moment.
The right pond had waters smooth and pure as a maiden’s cheeks; the left was somewhat darker, like the swarthy face of a youth, already shaded with manly down. The right was encircled with glittering golden sand as if with bright hair; but the brow of the left bristled with osiers, and was tufted with willows: both ponds were clothed in a garment of green.
If the damsel is not a member of the lover’s own gens and if no other impediment stands in the way of the proposed alliance, they select, from their own number, some who, at an appropriate time, go to the maiden’s kindred and tell them that they desire the maid to receive their kinsman as her husband. The girl’s relatives then consider the question.
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