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Show THE DARK FOlIlibf'l‘ FIRST MUVIC TH Tllli ICNICMY during; those early days in l'etroerad. We all noticed the vhane'e in her. When she was with him in the httndaging- room she whispered adViee to hint, helped him when she had a tree moment, laughed with him, put him, of Cours e, into a heaven of delight. How happy at oneo he was! His elunisiness instantly fell away from him, he only smiled when $0111.")le sneered. his Russian improved in a relllttl'litllllt‘ manner. She, was tender to him as though she were nmeh older than he. He has told me that, in spite of" his joy. that tenderness alarmed him. Also when he kissed her she drew hack a little-and she did not reply when he spoke of their man‘iagje. lint for four days he was happy! He used to sing to himself as he walked about the house in a high eraelwl Voice-one song I did but see 7101' passing] by~zinother l‘r‘ Psi‘liiined to us a hundred times. 1'27 "lts hetter limit. Tim :1, write suthlenl}. the Now tell. ~< tltvw we": standing .tli‘tit‘ together in the the \t‘lit'l‘v' >‘;\' .iie iot‘v «lush. without tiny SJ" ‘lh'l‘l‘ Tn lfi) 1. ‘~ xiitl. "l Mn't marry you. « tll W ‘t‘ J." lbw l Nihllxi n t i another man. .tlmt will l-e l».ttl news l-HI' 31:»2 :t'lV at"! i'\\.ml 'lU‘J‘i .ttul his Mum; l tlnn‘t line Early one morning~1 can hear him now, his VOiCC break- ing always on the high notes. "lint Early one morning Just as the sun. was rising I heard a maid singing In the valley below: "Ah! don"t deeeitc me! Pray never [care me! How could you treat a} poor maiden so!" His pockets were more full than ever of knives and sti'iu: and buttons. His smile when he was happy lightened his face, changing the lines of it, making it it not ltantlwtw pleasant and friendly. He would tall; to hinwlt‘ tll English, rutfling his hands through his hair: "And tht at three o'clock I must go with Andrey \Vassilieviteh . or "I wonder whether she'll mind it' I asl;-~" lle hml A large briar pipe at which he puffed furiously, hut k‘llllltl'l."l smoke without an endless procession of man-hes that .‘thVt‘. wards littered the floor around him. "The toharm's lamp. \Htt |
