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Sanin fell to describing his estate, how many acres it contained, and where it was situated, and what were its agricultural advantages, and what profit could be made from it ... he even referred to the picturesque situation of the house; while Maria Nikolaevna still watched him, and watched more and more intently and radiantly, and her lips faintly stirred, without smiling: she bit them.
Fenitchka, Fedosya Nikolaevna, after her husband and Mitya, adores no one so much as her daughter-in-law, and when the latter is at the piano, she would gladly spend the whole day at her side. A passing word of Piotr.
A man like that is more dangerous than anyone if he happens to have a revolver about him, and then the night, the sleet, or natural irritability for after all he is in a nice position, ha ha! What do you think V Why is he sitting there?" "He is waiting for Lizaveta Nikolaevna, of course." "Well! Why should she go out to him? And... in such rain too... what a fool!" "She is just going out to him!"
"You are the chief, you are the head; I shall only be a subordinate, your secretary. We shall take to our barque, you know; the oars are of maple, the sails are of silk, at the helm sits a fair maiden, Lizaveta Nikolaevna... hang it, how does it go in the ballad?" "He is stuck," laughed Stavrogin. "No, I'd better give you my version.
I'm twenty-two too. A nice age. Add both together and you're still far off old age. It's hot, though. Am I very red, eh? 'Like a poppy! Maria Nikolaevna rubbed her face with her handkerchief. 'We've only to get to the forest and there it will be cool. Such an old forest is like an old friend. Have you any friends? Sanin thought a little. 'Yes ... only few. No real ones.
But Maria Nikolaevna was remorseless, and the secretary went away, parting and all. Maria Nikolaevna was dressed that day very much 'to her advantage, as our grandmothers used to say. She wore a pink glace silk dress, with sleeves a la Fontange, and a big diamond in each ear. Her eyes sparkled as much as her diamonds; she seemed in a good humour and in high spirits.
'He was born in Tula.... He was a Tula man. Well ... well. Come, let us get to business now. 'That is ... how come to business? What do you mean to say by that? Maria Nikolaevna half-closed her eyes. 'Don't you want me to buy your estate? You want money for your nuptials? Don't you? 'Yes. 'And do you want much? 'I should be satisfied with a few thousand francs at first.
I don't want to flirt with you. Maria Nikolaevna shrugged her shoulders. 'He's got a betrothed like an antique statue, is it likely I am going to flirt with him? But you've something to sell, and I'm the purchaser. I want to know what your goods are like. Well, of course, you must show what they are like. I don't only want to know what I'm buying, but whom I'm buying from.
'Well, then, to-morrow morning I'll take you with me, and we'll go a ride together out of the town. We'll have splendid horses. Then we'll come home, wind up our business, and amen! Don't be surprised, don't tell me it's a caprice, and I'm a madcap all that's very likely but simply say, I consent. Maria Nikolaevna turned her face towards him.
An amusing air of importance had suddenly become apparent on her mobile little visage.... The clever little girl must have guessed that her mother had intentionally stationed her at her side. I got up and began taking leave. Sophia Nikolaevna conducted me to the door. 'I made you no answer yesterday, she said, standing still in the doorway; 'and, indeed, what answer was there to make?
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