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We encountered one of the Emperor's cousins on his way to his regimental barracks; the Grand Duke mistook us for acquaintances, and saluted. Our izvostchik returned the greeting. "Was that Vasily Dmitrich?" we asked in Russian form. "Yes, madam." "Whom was he saluting?" "Us," replied the man, with imperturbable gravity.
Rider Haggard's books for discussion, and, for the benefit of those in the company who had not read it, gave the chief points of "She" in particularly lively style, which kept us all in laughter. In describing the heroine, he said that "she was clothed in an airy garment, like Vasily Alexei'itch;" and again that "she dropped her garment, and stood like Vasily Alexei'itch."
"Vasily! why don't you bring her in?" "She won't come!" answered a voice, and then the spot moved towards the policeman. I halted and asked the police-officer, "What is it?" He said, "They are taking a girl from the Rzhanoff house to the station- house; and she is hanging back, she won't walk." A house-porter in a sheepskin coat was leading her.
The old judge rose and declared: "I forbid you to speak. Vasily Samoylov!" Pressing his lips together firmly the Little Russian dropped down lazily on the bench, and Samoylov arose alongside of him, shaking his curly hair. "The prosecuting attorney called my comrades and me 'savages, 'enemies of civilization' " "You must speak only about that which pertains to your case."
Vasily looked at Werner from the distance, as though not recognizing him, and he lowered his eyes. "Vasya, what have you done with your hair? What is the matter with you? Never mind, my dear, never mind, it will soon be over. We must keep up, we must, we must." Vasily was silent.
"I said we started too early." "The sun dawns at five." "Of course, at five. We should have " They stopped in a meadow, in the darkness. A little distance away, beyond the bare trees, two small lanterns moved silently. There were the gallows. "I lost one of my rubbers," said Sergey Golovin. "Really?" asked Werner, not understanding what he said. "I lost a rubber. It's cold." "Where's Vasily?"
And, besides, when I was trying to convince Vasily Ermiline that it was disgraceful to keep a public-house and ruin the people with drink, he answered very haughtily, and indeed got the better of me before the crowd: 'But I have a license with the Imperial eagle on it. If there was anything wrong in my business, the Tsar wouldn't have issued a decree authorising it. Isn't it terrible?
Werner pointed at Vasily, who stood motionless. "I understand," Musya nodded. "And you?" "I? Tanya will go with Sergey, you go with Vasya.... I will go alone. That doesn't matter, I can do it, you know."
They are sucking up all your life-blood, and when you become old, they will throw you out just as they do husks to feed the pigs on. What pay do you get?" "Not much, Vasily Stepanych twelve rubles." "And I, thirteen and a half rubles. Why? By the regulations the company should give us fifteen rubles a month with firing and lighting.
He recalled his father, bending and stretching himself, praying and bowing to the ground, while looking sidewise to see whether Vaska was praying, or whether he was planning some mischief. And a feeling of still greater terror came over Vasily than before the prayer. Everything now disappeared. Madness came crawling painfully.
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