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Sanin frowned 'I don't understand you, Maria Nikolaevna'

Maria Nikolaevna gave a soft low laugh, and shaking her head tossed back the hair that was falling on her cheeks 'Decidedly--he's delightful,' she coht! After that, there's no believing in the people who maintain that the race of idealists is extinct!'

Maria Nikolaevna talked Russian all the tily pure true Moscow Russian, such as the people, not the nobles speak

'You've been brought up at ho, old orthodox family?' she queried 'You're from what province?'

'Tula'

'Oh! so we're from the same part My fatherI daresay you knoho my father was?'

'Yes, I know'

'He was born in Tula He was a Tula et to business now'

'That ishow come to business? What do you mean to say by that?'

Maria Nikolaevna half-closed her eyes 'Why, what did you come here for?' (when she screwed up her eyes, their expression beca, when she opened them wide, into their clear, al-ill-naturedsoained a peculiar beauty from her eyebrohich were thick, and met in the centre, and had the smoothness of sable fur) 'Don't you want me to buy your estate? You want money for your nuptials? Don't you?'

'Yes'

'And do you want much?'

'I should be satisfied with a few thousand francs at first Your husband knows my estate You can consult him--I would take a very moderate price'

Maria Nikolaevna tossed her head froan in deliberate tones, druers on the cuff of Sanin's coat, 'I a ht hand in that; and in the second place, why do you say that you will fix a low price? I don't want to take advantage of your being very much in love at the moment, and ready to make any sacrifices I won't accept sacrifices of any kind fro youcome, how is one to express it properly?--in your noble sentiments, eh? am I to fleece you? that's not my way I can be hard on people, on occasion--only not in that way'

Sanin was utterly unable toseriously, and only said to himself: 'Oh, I can see one has to mind what one's about with you!'