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Updated: June 18, 2025
To his great disgust, a silly ass of a young German attaché, who sat on the other side of Mademoiselle Vseslavitch, began talking with her as soon as they had reached their places. When Paul did have her to himself occasionally, she talked to him of England, the last subject he was interested in then.
Not indeed till his guide turned and told him, some hours later, that they were nearing the Vseslavitch house did Paul put the matter out of his mind, and then, as they swung into a long avenue bordered with pines, his thoughts were all for the lady whom he sought. The house was a very old one, built of stone and massive oaken timbers which showed the ravages of many years.
At first he could not understand the passion which he knew Mademoiselle Vseslavitch felt for her own country, for near Kieff the land was sterile the scenery somewhat uneventful. But as the leagues put themselves between him and the town the aspect of the landscape changed.
Go to that city; from there a ride of some fifty miles across country awaits you to the Vseslavitch estate. Everyone in Kieff knows the place. You will have no great difficulty finding it beyond the inevitable discomforts of travel in that corner of the world. But what are hardships to a man in love?" And she smiled at Paul in a manner so infectious that he already felt his spirits rising.
A young relative, Alexis Vseslavitch by name, was present at the board, having ridden in that afternoon from his estate back in the hills. He was a high-spirited youth and loved dearly to tease his cousin Natalie. But even he saw that for once an unusual restraint seemed upon her. Afterward, they passed the long evening in the great hall where Paul had waited in the morning.
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