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Sanin played with her until dinner-tia so low over his forehead, never had his chin retreated so far into his cravat! Every movement was accompanied by such intense soleht involuntarily arose, 'What secret is that redezza!

During the whole of that day he tried in every possible way to show the profoundest respect for Sanin; at table, passing by the ladies, he solemnly and sedately handed the dishes first to hia at all, that the Russians were the reat-hearted, brave, and resolute people in the world!

'Ah, you old flatterer!' Sanin thought to hinora Roselli's unexpected state of hter behaved to him It was not that she avoided himon the contrary she sat continually a little distance from him, listened to what he said, and looked at hiet into conversation with hi to her, she softly rose from her place, and went out for soain seated herself in so meditative and perplexedperplexed above all Frau Lenore herself noticed at last, that she was not as usual, and asked her tas the ,' answered Gemma; 'you know I am sometimes like this'

'That is true,' her aily nor drearily--neither cheerfully nor sadly Had Geht not perhaps have been able to resist the teht simply have succumbed to melancholy at the possibility of a separation for ever But as he did not once succeed in getting a ith Ge minor chords on the piano for a quarter of an hour before evening coffee

Emil came home late, and to avoid questions about Herr Klüber, beat a hasty retreat The time came for Sanin too to retire

He began saying good-bye to Gea in Oniegin He pressed her hand waret a look at her face, but she turned a little away and released her fingers