- Page 1 and 2: The Torrents of Spring Turgenev, Iv
- Page 3 and 4: THE TORRENTS OF SPRING 'Years of gl
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- Page 9 and 10: I It was the summer of 1840. Sanin
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- Page 21 and 22: 'He is saved, mother, he is alive!'
- Page 23 and 24: What could Sanin do? 'I will come,'
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- Page 37 and 38: ideas!' She went promptly, however,
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- Page 45 and 46: VIII He had not finished dressing,
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- Page 57 and 58: Gemma cried out in ecstasy (Frau Le
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- Page 63 and 64: XII It appeared that Gemma was not
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complicated Italian game, and won a
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float before his eyes, piercing in
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foreign tour; the disturbing emotio
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hour later Sanin, Klüber, and Emil
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XV Soden is a little town half an h
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more dazzling--but her soul seemed
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persistently and, as it were, inqui
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unexpected, and decidedly unpleasan
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on his hat pronounced with dignity,
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with indifference; but here is my c
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* * * * * The whole way home Herr K
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end at last. As he helped Gemma out
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of Herr von Sanin, Baron von Dönho
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And he laughed and hummed as she us
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Pantaleone started and raised his e
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know my decision.' 'Very well; I wi
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XVIII An hour later the waiter came
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said, passing from French into Ital
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Sanin, and with a bow he went away
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Pantaleone to keep the affair of th
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'A person did come to me and we had
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... but she quite seriously begged
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matter. 'Nothing,' answered Gemma;
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XX It was bright starlight when he
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level with the window-sill; he coul
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XXI It was quite morning when he fe
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'A quarter to seven; it's a two hou
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The carriage still rolled on and on
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'Emil!' Sanin interrupted--and he p
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XXII The copse in which the duel wa
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eady for any emergency; a satchel w
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little distance, looking like two s
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... due ... tre!_' The first shot w
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'Honour is satisfied, and the duel
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some perturbation of mind, 'but, of
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Escorted by his two companions, he
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companions; but when he was left al
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into a chair and began to cry. 'Wha
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to-day that she would not marry Her
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had plenty of customers; but now al
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Frau Lenore uttered a cry of deligh
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ineffaceably impressed on his memor
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o'clock in the evening--and there w
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Gemma passed her finger to right an
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Gemma suddenly flung back into the
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'What advice will you give me, Mons
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Gemma drew herself up. 'Too? You to
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'Tell me, please, Gemma...' The lat
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XXV Almost running, Sanin returned
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wrote as follows:-- 'DEAR GEMMA,--Y
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'So that no one sees?' he inquired,
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'GEMMA.' Sanin read this note twice
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'Why should I? But I'll get away al
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from there. The weather was lovely;
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mother, and in general about their
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It was late when they got back to F
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XXVII At five o'clock Sanin woke up
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'Gemma,' he articulated, hardly aud
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earth--sacred, absolute truth--it's
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turned towards Sanin, 'don't, pleas
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'All your life? Really?' queried Ge
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felt that that was how he was looki
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duel, Dimitri,'--which he described
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consideration that I dislike Herr K
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new hat and coat, straight as an ar
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XXIX If Gemma had announced that sh
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she pluck up courage to lift her ey
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eside her (Gemma was sitting on the
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XXX The transition from despair to
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Herr Sanin's income? 'Eight thousan
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Cologne upon mixed marriages.) When
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Signora Roselli and her daughter ab
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as if only then she breathed freely
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ound her neck on a thin cord, gave
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his old schoolfellow, whom he had l
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'Do you mean to say, Ippolit Sidoro
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passes belief, really! Besides, I w
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straying from time to time to the d
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Dimitri Pavlovitch, I don't interfe
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'Here in Frankfort.' 'And who is sh
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'Very well, agreed, and thank you.
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look at Sanin, and was reassured. H
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'I have never seen her.' 'And when
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the street to his lodging. He did n
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XXXIII It takes less than an hour i
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Trot now! Look sharp!' Sanin scratc
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'Do you mean to say you understand
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Like some triumphant general Polozo
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when suddenly the door from the nex
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nodded to Sanin, and turning swiftl
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again, escorted by her husband. She
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times in a voice of tearful irritat
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along; and Monsieur Sanin and I wil
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'Certainly. She is a confectioner's
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'Her name is Gemma.' 'And yours?' '
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'Tula.' 'Oh! so we're from the same
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properly?--in your noble sentiments
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eferred to the picturesque situatio
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'And was he the same then?' 'The sa
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Nikolaevna, fresh and rosy as a sum
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like an antique statue, is it likel
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Nikolaevna been a lady of fashion,
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'Better half! Eye-peeps!' Sanin rep
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Nikolaevna snatched it up at once.
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in advance, everything, in fact! (A
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sitting on a narrow bench confronte
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comic ones there are there. There's
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XXXVIII Oh, what a deep sigh of del
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merely the caprice of a spoiled, ri
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a smile, 'The very man ... your com
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'How did you know that?' muttered S
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The dinner was, as on the day befor
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'No ... not now,' answered Maria Ni
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She made him sit down beside her wi
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to the ladies in French, "_Pardon,
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I've no talents of any sort. I scar
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This laugh, too, jarred upon Sanin.
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Maria Nikolaevna shook her head. 'Q
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'Well,' began Maria Nikolaevna, sin
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there, _I_ shall not be _I_! Are yo
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word, one might fancy the governmen
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XL The play lasted over an hour lon
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exclaim, No man knows what may be h
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'With him? that boy? He's one of my
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She began getting out.... What was
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XLI Such were Sanin's thoughts, as
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sinew, biting the air and snorting
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along on one side. 'But I am ready
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surname alone), on, gallop!' When t
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XLII This track soon changed into a
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her, and it seemed as though that s
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'Twenty-two.' 'Really? I'm twenty-t
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own rocks came strong currents of f
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good! I know where we are. We haven
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She hopped like a bird into the sad
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distraught, ruined.... 'Where are y
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had sent to Gemma, that never recei
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Nikolaevna noticed him and poked he
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furnished a capital flat, and havin
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the same garden. What was he to do?
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elle is still alive and has not lef
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Russia nor from anywhere; and that
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married, and her photograph she enc
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FIRST LOVE The party had long ago b
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'My first love, certainly, was not
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married her from mercenary consider
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This presentiment, this expectation
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Schiller's _Robbers_.
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were close round her, and she was s
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'What's the matter?' my father aske
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In my absence my mother had receive
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IV In the narrow and untidy passage
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'I have the honour of addressing th
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son of our neighbour, Mr. V. What i
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The young princess sat down, took o
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Though I was greatly delighted that
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given sweetmeats. I was as happy as
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a jingle of the chain of his sabre.
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ack with the answer.' 'Why, have I
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V The princess called on my mother
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'Nor her father either,' rejoined m
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ook. I saw how she looked after him
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'What nonsense! fine visitors indee
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'Thank God, I haven't!' 'Thank God,
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VII At eight o'clock precisely, in
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hideous degree, curly-headed as a n
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the chair and gave me such a bright
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look at me. But I felt so happy tha
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the young princess would glance at
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only from time to time laughed sile
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But it too, this image, seemed more
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A curious influence my father had o
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oneself--the whole savour of life l
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He stayed there not more than an ho
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IX My 'passion' dated from that day
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shadows of clouds on a sunny day of
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apparent even to me, a boy of sixte
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Yes, Zinaïda amused herself hugely
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Zinaïda continued to play cat and
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whispered, 'I would have gone to th
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Zinaïda hurriedly pressed my hand
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of my nose, and its secrecy probabl
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'Ah, young man, young man,' the doc
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princess had gone out. 'Yes, a fine
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XI On the evening of the same day t
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women wore gold rings on their ankl
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'Forfeits?' put in Lushin. 'No, for
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XII The days passed by. Zinaïda be
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princess, who was, in her words, _u
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to myself again, without opening my
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XIII I was so proud and light-heart
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'What am I afraid of? Why, you don'
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horse for to-morrow.' 'Oh, and wher
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what more would I not do for her?'
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she so pale? out riding the whole m
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came twice a day, but did not stay
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suddenly pulling her fingers apart,
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eally; well, not your aunt, but an
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XVI After dinner the usual party as
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'And if she ran away?' 'I should ca
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seemed to me so much above all of u
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want to go out to him, and to stay
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'M'sieu Voldemar, as the queen's pa
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upon Zinaïda; the old princess sen
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I went up to the fence and leaned a
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XVII The following day I only had a
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You will thank me.' Malevsky laughe
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done?... Naught!' With what a cruel
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ambush, and walked all about the ga
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Behind them--I saw this, saw it dis
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for his holidays; Zinaïda at once
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my wet cheek. But I turned away fro
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to all my passing sensations, and c
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no hiding those things; for all tha
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count bowed, bit his lips, shrank a
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'I heard your voice,' she began, 'a
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shake off the past; I did not quick
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XXI My father used every day to rid
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the horses, and scolding Electric,
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other word for it. She uttered mono
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ten feet away ... but my father soo
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one strives in vain to make out cle
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XXII Four years passed. I had just
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were astir within me.... I determin
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what might I not have done if I had
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MUMU In one of the outlying streets
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life. From his childhood he had bee
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police-station afterwards--every on
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porter, adhered in everything to th
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decided, taking a pinch of snuff co
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dropped her eyelids when sometimes
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positively flopped upon the table.
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husband. But on the other hand, tha
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forgive my saying so, that's what y
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Gavrila Andreitch; and, as far as I
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over with me now; I've knocked abou
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'What are your orders, Gavrila Andr
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unruly, certainly.' Tatiana turned,
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difficulty, of course; but Kapiton
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going into the room where the counc
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slap from above. When everything wa
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asleep himself at last, and slept q
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fact, she was an excellent watch-do
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'Mercy on us!' she cried suddenly;
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to Stepan. Stepan carried her into
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(Mumu had never bitten any one in h
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wish to know. We have a yard dog, h
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staggered into the house with his l
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postillion Antipka reported next mo
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hole in the door he stopped up effe
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'Again, that dog again!... Oh, send
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as not to be angry and to overlook
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sticks. They began to mount the sta
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flung open; all the crowd flew pell
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'What does that mean?' Gavrila bega
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Gerasim was well known at the cooks
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peasants' huts began to make their
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'How? when?' 'Why, a couple of hour
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from that quarter. Quails were in h
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eing there. The old lady was somewh