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TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

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CHAPTER FIVE<br />

Rjepnin considers returninc to Russia, but he is<br />

sure that the 'micr~<br />

community in London will then<br />

present him as a sp¥ to the Soviet embassy (100).<br />

The<br />

voice of his dead friend Barlov exhorts him to return<br />

speakinc in a mixture of French and Russian, with a<br />

military commandt·<br />

Tako. tako, tr~s bien. tr~s bien. mon<br />

prince! Shacom marsh. Marsh. Domoi!<br />

Domoi! Mi se vra6amo. Svi se vra6amo<br />

(101).<br />

That's it, that's it, tr.s bien, tr's<br />

bien, mon prince! Quick march. March.<br />

Home! Home! We are returninc. We<br />

are all returninc!.<br />

He acain hears Barlov's voice in the final paces of the<br />

novel, when Barlov succests death as a necessar¥<br />

~re-reQuis1te<br />

for the return to an irrecoverable past,<br />

U clavi je, opet, iznenada, ~uo, tihi<br />

smeh, i ~apat, pokojnosa Barlova. Neka<br />

idu bel: traca, knjaz, svi to. sa njihovim<br />

tra!anjem napretka ~ove~anstva, i bolje<br />

Rusije! Mi set posle na~e smrti. vra~amo<br />

(sic). Shasom marsh, knjaz'! Tako,<br />

tako. svi set tamo, vra6amo (102).<br />

In his head he asain heard suddenly the<br />

Quiet lauch and whisper of the late<br />

Barlov. Let them so without trace.<br />

prince. all those with their search for<br />

the pro&ress Of mankind and a better<br />

Russia! We are returnina after our<br />

death. Quick march, prince! That's<br />

it. that's it. we are all returnins<br />

there.<br />

Rjepnin settles his affairs in London·calmly "jer se<br />

vra6a u codine kad je bio junker" ("for he is returnina<br />

to the years when he was a.cadet" 103).<br />

Death is the<br />

10c1cal answer.<br />

The return which he desires is a return<br />

267

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