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Updated: June 14, 2025
Her face grew paler, her nostrils dilated, her eyes glowed and darkened at the same time. It was a wild creature at play. Nedopyuskin limped after her on his short, fat little legs, like a drake after a duck. Even Venzor crawled out of his hiding-place in the hall, stood a moment in the doorway, glanced at us, and suddenly fell to jumping up into the air and barking.
'I beg your pardon, I beg your pardon, I didn't know, stammered Shtoppel; 'I didn't know.... 'And beg his too! vociferated the implacable Panteley. 'I beg your pardon too, added Rostislav Adamitch, addressing Nedopyuskin, who was shaking as if he were in an ague.
'Don't disturb yourself, don't disturb yourself, he lisped. We sat down. Tchertop-hanov went into the next room. 'You have been for some time in our neighbourhood, began Nedopyuskin in a subdued voice, coughing discreetly into his hand, and holding his fingers before his lips from a feeling of propriety. 'I came last month. 'Indeed. We were silent for a little.
'Panteley Eremyitch was pleased to hunt two hares yesterday, Nedopyuskin began again with an effort, obviously wishing to enliven the conversation; 'yes, indeed, very big hares they were, sir. 'Has Mr. Tchertop-hanov good hounds? He has only to wish for anything he has only to take an idea into his head and before you can look round, it's done; everything, you may say, goes like clockwork.
On a table near the bed stood an empty spirit bottle, and at the head of the bed were two water-colour sketches pinned to the wall; one represented, as far as could be made out, a fat man with a guitar in his hand probably Nedopyuskin; the other portrayed a horseman galloping at full speed.... The horse was like those fabulous animals which are sketched by children on walls and fences; but the carefully washed-in dappling of the horse's grey coat, and the cartridge pocket on the rider's breast, the pointed toes of his boots, and the immense moustaches, left no room for doubt this sketch was meant to represent Panteley Eremyitch riding on Malek-Adel.
Shtoppel began again, 'you can walk on your hands, your legs raised, so to say, in the air? Nedopyuskin looked round in agony: every face wore a taunting smile, every eye was moist with delight. 'Or perhaps you can crow like a cock? A loud guffaw broke out on all sides, and was hushed at once, stifled by expectation. 'Or perhaps on your nose you can....
'Quicker, quicker, quicker! Nedopyuskin chimed in, speaking very fast. It was late in the evening when I left Bezsonovo.... It was two years after my visit that Panteley Eremyitch's troubles began his real troubles. Disappointments, disasters, even misfortunes he had had before that time, but he had paid no attention to them, and had risen superior to them in former days.
He loved him as he had not loved even Masha; he became more attached to him than even to Nedopyuskin. And what a horse it was! All fire simply explosive as gunpowder and stately as a boyar! Untiring, enduring, obedient, whatever you might put him to; and costing nothing for his keep; he'd be ready to nibble at the ground under his feet if there was nothing else.
Nedopyuskin shut up completely, and wore a forced smile; Tchertop-hanov panted, turned red, and opened his eyes wide; I was on the point of taking leave.... Suddenly Masha got up, flung open the window, thrust out her head, and shouted lustily to a passing peasant woman, 'Aksinya! The woman started, and tried to turn round, but slipped down and flopped heavily on to a dung-heap.
One of the heirs from Petersburg, an important man, with a Greek nose and a majestic expression of face, Rostislav Adamitch Shtoppel, went so far as to go up to Nedopyuskin and look haughtily at him over his shoulder.
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