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Ida crept to the little old lady's feet, and softly stroked the slipper that rested on the fender. Then, while the March wind howled beyond the curtains, she made herself a cosy corner by the fire, and composed herself to hear the story. "I remember," said Mrs. Overtheway. "I remember Reka Dom. It was our new home.
And lastly, on the 10th of March, a smaller island, called Reka, showed itself near Nea Kamenni, and since then these three have joined together, forming but one and the same island." "And the canal in which we are at this moment?" I asked. "Here it is," replied Captain Nemo, showing me a map of the Archipelago. "You see, I have marked the new islands." I returned to the glass.
Overtheway, and her prosy stories, and all that befell her long ago," said the little old lady, smiling affectionately at Ida, "I will tell her the story my story the story of Reka Dom." "Oh, how good of you!" cried Ida. "There is not much merit in it," said the little old lady. "The story is as much for myself as you.
For though my father always consulted my mother's wishes, she generally contrived to choose what she knew he would prefer. And she chose Reka Dom. "Henceforward good luck seemed to follow our new home. "First, as to the landlord. The old woman had certainly not exaggerated his oddity. But one of his peculiarities was a most fortunate one for us.
"'You look at books as if you loved them? he said. "My father sighed as if a spell had been broken. "'I am nearly half a century old, he said, 'and I do not remember the day when I did not love them. "He confessed afterwards to my mother that not less than two hours elapsed before Reka Dom was so much as spoken of.
"He was staring at a wall with a gateway in it, enclosing a house and garden on the other side of the road. On the two gateposts were printed in black Roman letters two words that I could not understand Reka Dom. "'What does it mean? I asked. 'It is Russian. It means River House. Very curious! I suppose the people who live here are Russians.
Report of this was carried to Niwa Reka, and her heart was touched. She forgave her husband, and nursed him through the fever caused by the tattooing. Happier than Orpheus and Eurydice, the pair returned to earth and taught men to copy the patterns punctured on Mata-ora's face. But, alas! in their joy they forgot to pay to Ku Whata Whata, the mysterious janitor of Hades, Niwa Reka's cloak as fee.
"In time, Ida, we grew up, as it is called. Almost before we knew it, and whilst we still seemed to be looking forward to our emancipation from nursery authority and childish frocks, Fatima and I found ourselves grown-up young ladies, free to fashion our costume to our own tastes, and far from Reka Dom. Yes, we had changed our home again. The River House was ours no longer.
He had 'made himself so unpleasant' to various people who had thought of taking the house, that they drew back, and Reka Dom had been untenanted for some time. The old woman who took care of it, and from whom we got this information, prophesied further that he would 'do nothing to the old place. He'd let it fall about his ears first.
But the foreign name was the first attraction to him, I think. "'It was abroad, then? he asked. "I explained, and again I can hardly tell why, but I went on talking till I had given him nearly as full a history of Reka Dom as I have given to you.
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