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There she reminded him of all that Vaninka, haughty but generous, had allowed his sister to do for him. Ivan protested his devotion so warmly that Annouschka hesitated no longer, and, raising the lid of the chest, showed him the corpse of Foedor.
The first crisis over, Vaninka was able to pray. She spent an hour on her knees, then, yielding to the entreaties of her faithful attendant, went to bed. Annouschka sat down at the foot of the bed. Neither slept, but when day came the tears which Vaninka had shed had calmed her. Annouschka was instructed to reward her brother.
Day dawned, as might be expected, ere sleep visited the eyes of Vaninka. She went down, however, at the breakfast hour; for she did not wish to arouse the slightest suspicion in her father's mind. Only it might have been thought from her pallor that she had risen from the grave, but the general attributed this to the nocturnal disturbance of which he had been the cause.
I have not said that: it is your excellency. I have not named the lady Vaninka," said Gregory, with the duplicity of his nation. "But you meant it, did you not? Come, contrary to your custom, reply frankly." "It is true, your excellency; it is what I meant." "And, according to you, my daughter reciprocates the passion, no doubt?" "I fear so, your excellency." "And what makes you think this, say?"
As for the lady Vaninka," he added in a low tone, "I will certainly thank her myself." "What are you muttering between your teeth?" cried the young officer, with an angry movement; for he thought he had detected a threatening tone in Gregory's voice. "Nothing, sir, nothing," said Ivan. "The poor fellow is merely thanking you, Mr.
"That is true," said Annouschka; "but where will you find a slave who is not? My brother gets drunk less than most, and is therefore more to be trusted than the others. Besides, in the position in which we are we must risk something." "You are right," said Vaninka, recovering her usual resolution, which always grew in the presence of danger. "Go and seek your brother."
At dinner-time Vaninka came downstairs and found her father alone. Foedor had not enough courage to be present at the meal and to meet her again, just when he had lost all hope: he had taken a sleigh, and driven out to the outskirts of the city.
Vaninka remained silent, her eyes fixed, her lips trembling. "Return!" she said, after a moment's silence. "Yes, certainly return. We shall be most unfortunate," continued the general, smiling, "if we cannot find someone in the house who knows where he is. Come, Vaninka, tell me the place of his exile, and I will undertake the rest."
At this moment she heard steps approaching. It was a groom of the chambers coming from the general to ask if she were ready. Annouschka let the lid of the chest fall, and Vaninka going herself to open the door, followed the messenger, who walked before her, lighting the way.
"It is all right," said Vaninka: "do not disturb yourselves; drink, my friends, drink." The revellers profited by this permission, and each emptied the glass before him. Scarcely had Gregory emptied his before he fell forward on the table. "Good!" said Vaninka to her maid in a low voice: "the opium is taking effect." "What do you mean to do?" said Annouschka. "You will soon see," was the answer.
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