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We got out of the bushes; suddenly two hounds 'gave tongue' close to us, and a big hare bounded through the oats, which were fairly high by now. The dogs, hounds and harriers, leaped out of the thicket after him, and after the dogs flew out Tchertop-hanov himself.
Saying these words, Tchertop-hanov jumped off the sofa and majestically withdrew. But the cavalry captain Yaff did not demand satisfaction from him indeed, he never met him anywhere and Tchertop-hanov did not think of seeking his enemy out, and no scandal followed. Masha herself soon after this disappeared beyond all trace. Tchertop-hanov took to drink; however, he 'reformed' later.
'Then it is so! cried Tchertop-hanov furiously; 'there was an arrangement between them; she has run away with him... but wait a bit! He broke into the young cavalry captain's room in spite of the resistance of the valet. In the room there was hanging over the sofa a portrait in oils of the master, in the Uhlan uniform.
'Ss ss ss! he hissed like one possessed, and all at once he thundered: 'Who am I? Who am I? I'm Panteley Tchertop-hanov, of the ancient hereditary nobility; my forefathers served the Tsar: and who may you be? Rostislav Adamitch turned pale and stepped back. He had not expected such resistance. 'I I a fish indeed!
'Why take proceedings? chimed in the others. 'As to the Jew, we'll take it out of him another day! He won't escape us! We shall be on the look-out for him. Tchertop-hanov pulled his moustaches, snorted, and went home at a walking pace, accompanied by the Jew, whom he had delivered from his persecutors just as he had once delivered Tihon Nedopyuskin.
'And he used to say I didn't care for money, she commented, and she gave Tchertop-hanov a vigorous thump on the shoulder. He jumped up on to his feet. 'Come, at least you must let me give you some money how can you go like this without a halfpenny? But best of all: kill me! I tell you plainly: kill me once for all! Masha shook her head again. 'Kill you? Why get sent to Siberia, my dearie?
'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.
The Jew was bareheaded; he held his cap under his arm, and had thrust his feet into the stirrup-straps, not into the stirrups themselves; the ragged skirts of his long coat hung down on both sides of the saddle. On seeing Tchertop-hanov, he gave a smack with his lips, and ducked down with a twitch of the elbows and a bend of the legs.
But before he had run fifty paces he suddenly stood still as though turned to stone. A well-known, too well-known voice came floating to him. Masha was singing. 'It was in the sweet days of youth, she sang: every note seemed to linger plaintive and ardent in the evening air. Tchertop-hanov listened intently.
Masha shook her head. 'You've not offended me in any way, Panteley Eremyitch, only my heart is heavy in your house.... Thanks for the past, but I can't stay no! Tchertop-hanov was amazed; he positively slapped his thighs, and bounced up and down in his astonishment. 'How is that?
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