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"'With pleasure! answered Alexander Fed'otch. But I for my part took some time to consider. It was hard enough to be mother to three children of my own. How could I be mother to fifty? "However, we agreed to take the offer, and then suddenly we found ourselves rich and important people, and we remembered the Ikon of St. Spiridon of Tremifond and thanked God.
Spiridon of Tremifond. The Ikon costs ten shillings, and ten shillings was much to us in those days. I told Alexander Fed'otch what our friend had said, and he, being a religious man, agreed. We sent ten shillings to Moscow and had the Ikon sent to us, and we took it to church and had it blessed. "That happened in the autumn. Those were the days when the Vladikavkaz Railway was a novelty.
If you are ever poor, if ever you want money, send for the Ikon of St. Spiridon. I advise you. Its virtues are famous." "An evil Ikon, nevertheless, that Spiridon of Tremifond," I thought, but I wouldn't say so to my hostess. "And you've been happy ever since?" I asked. "Not happy. Who even hopes to be happy? But we did well.
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