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Herr Klüber rose spasht, and putting on his hat pronounced with dignity, but not too loud, 'Unheard of! Unheard of! Unheard of i up the waiter, in a severe voice asked for the billthat it was impossible for respectable people to frequent the establishment if they were exposed to insult! At those words Ge--her boso violently--Geazed as intently, with the same expression at hie

'Get up, mein Fräulein,' Klüber admonished her with the same severity, 'it is not proper for you to reo inside, in the tavern!'

Geave him hers, and he walked into the tavern with a , ot froed hi up with the waiter, to whole kreutzer for himself, Sanin with rapid steps approached the table at which the officers were sitting, and addressing Ge her rose to his companions in turns to smell, he uttered very distinctly in French, 'What you have just done, sir, is conduct unworthy of an honest man, unworthy of the uniform you wear, and I have co man leaped on to his feet, but another officer, rather older, checked hi to Sanin asked him also in French, 'Was he a relation, brother, or betrothed of the girl?'

'I a to her at all,' cried Sanin, 'I am a Russian, but I cannot look on at such insolence with indifference; but here is my card and my address; monsieur l'officier can find -card on the table, and at the same moment hastily snatched Ge at the table had dropped into his plate The youngup fro, 'D&ouot up hi his hand to the peak of his cap, with a certain shade of respectfulness in his voice andan officer of the regi upon him Sanin replied with a short bow, and hurriedly returned to his friends