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The old man came to meet me. Whether because I had spent the night under his roof, or for some other reason, Hor certainly treated me far more cordially than the day before. 'The samovar is ready, he told me with a smile; 'let us come and have tea. We took our seats at the table. A robust-looking peasant woman, one of his daughters-in-law, brought in a jug of milk.
'Yes, no doubt. Vida, too, scrutinized her more narrowly. The wearer of the 'Tam' was certainly more robust-looking than the others, but even she had the pallor of the worker in the town. She carried her fine head and shoulders badly, like one who has stooped over tasks at an age when she should have been running about the fields.
"How old is she?" "Twenty-two." John Allandale, or "Poker" John as he was more familiarly called by all who knew him, was still looking over at the group, but an expression had suddenly crept into his eyes which might, in a less robust-looking man, have been taken for disquiet even fear. His companion's words had brought home to him a partial realization of a responsibility which was his.
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