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'Why, of the most honoured Susanna Ivanovna, of course! Viktor lolled still more comfortably, put his arm up round his head, gazed at his own hand, and cleared his throat hoarsely. I glanced at Fustov. He merely shrugged his shoulders, as though giving me to understand that it was no use talking to such a dolt.
Viktor related to us, omitting no detail, how he had in a certain 'gay' house met this officer of the guards, a very nice chap and of good family, only without a hap'orth of brains; how they had made friends, how he, the officer that is, had suggested as a joke a game of 'fools' with Viktor with some old cards, for next to nothing, and with the condition that the officer's winnings should go to the benefit of Wilhelmina, but Viktor's to his own benefit; how afterwards they had got on to betting on the games.
Wouldn't you like to know, eh? Viktor drew us a little aside, and pulling out of his trouser-pocket a whole bundle of the red and blue notes then in use waved them in the air. Fustov was surprised. 'Has your governor been so liberal? Viktor chuckled. 'He liberal! You just try it on!... This morning, relying on your intercession, I asked him for cash.
But since Mother naturally reads my letters, I told him it was not so simple as all that; but I knew of a splendid way out of the difficulty; I would write to Mother and Dora at the same time, so that Dora could get hold of his letter while Mother was not noticing. Viktor was awfully pleased and said: "You're a genius and a first-class little schemer," and kissed my hand.
And her tears fell in a torrent. 'There, that means she's gone off into crying, said Viktor coolly, pushing down his cap on to his eyes. 'I want nothing, she went on, sobbing and covering her face with her hands; 'but what is there before me in my family? what is there before me? what will happen to me? what will become of me, poor wretch?
Everybody else had, on a different planet. "Where's yours?" "Abaddon," the Count of Ravary's tutor said. When he saw that the name meant nothing to Trask, he added, "The ninth, outer, planet of the Marduk system." He said it disgustedly. "Yes; remember how you had Boake and Manfred out with their ships, checking our outside planets to see if Prince Viktor might be hiding on one of them?
It's not my fault that in her past Susanna Ivanovna... 'Hold your tongue! Fustov shouted at him, 'hold your tongue... or... 'Or what? 'You'll find out what. Come along, Piotr. 'Aha! pursued Viktor; 'our noble-hearted knight takes refuge in flight. He doesn't care to hear the truth, that's evident! It stings the truth does, it seems!
In the drawing class we are going to draw from still life, and, best of all, animal studies too, I am so delighted. October 4th. Goodness, to-day when we were coming home from the Imperial Festival, we met Viktor in M. Street, but unfortunately he did not see us. He was in full-dress uniform and was walking with 3 other officers whom neither I nor Hella know.
He plays the flute splendidly, and the three played a trio, so that I was frightfully annoyed with myself for not having worked harder at my music. From to-morrow on I shall practice 2 hours every day, if I can possibly find time. Next winter Viktor is going to found a private dramatic club, so he must be going to stay more than six months in Vienna.
These are forget-me-nots, and that's mother-darling.... And these I picked for you, she added, taking from under a yellow tansy a small bunch of blue corn-flowers, tied up with a thin blade of grass. Do you like them? Viktor languidly held out his hand, took the flowers, carelessly sniffed at them, and began twirling them in his fingers, looking upwards.
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