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'It is a blessing, oh, Lord! What warmth in the woods! He gave a movement of the shoulders and fell into silence. With a vague look round him he began softly to sing. I could not catch all the words of his slow chant; I heard the following: 'They call me Kassyan, But my nickname's the Flea.
Only, as far as acquaintance goes ... you needn't expect much satisfaction from it, sir; he's grown very weak in his head, and in conversation he's silly as a little child. As well he may be; he's past his eightieth year. 'What's his name? 'Vassily Fomitch. Guskov's his surname. 'And the deacon? 'The deacon? ... his nickname's Cucumber.
Her mouth, too, was large, with the lips full, and she had white teeth. Duane took her proffered hand and remarked frankly that he was glad to meet her. Mrs. Bland appeared pleased; and her laugh, which followed, was loud and rather musical. "Mr. Duane Buck Duane, Euchre said, didn't he?" she asked. "Buckley," corrected Duane. "The nickname's not of my choosing."
"Guide right!" he mused alone. "At last, H.K., your nickname's got a meaning worth living up to!" While he mused, Flora, enraged both for him and against him, and with the rage burning in her eye and on her brow, stood before her seated grandmother, mutely giving gaze for gaze until the elder knew. The old woman resumed her needle. "And all you have for it," was the first word, "is his pity, eh?"
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