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'A good age,' she ejaculated suddenly, turning round restlessly on her chair 'And do you, pray, make yourself at hoht, scanning her unprepossessing person with a disgust I could not restrain

At that instant another door flew open quickly, and in the doorway stood the girl I had seen the previous evening in the garden She lifted her hand, and a hter,' observed the princess, indicating her with her elbow 'Zinotchka, the son of our neighbour, Mr V What is your na up, and stuttering in my excitement

'And your father's name?'

'Petrovitch'

'Ah! I used to know a commissioner of police whose name was Vladimir Petrovitch too Vonifaty! don't look for my keys; the keys are in my pocket'

The young girl was still looking ather eyelids, and putting her head a little on one side

'I have seen Monsieur Voldean (The silvery note of her voice ran through me with a sort of sweet shiver) 'You will let me call you so?'

'Oh, please,' I faltered

'Where was that?' asked the princess

The young princess did not answer herto do just now?' she said, not taking her eyes off me

'Oh, no'

'Would you like to help me wind some wool? Come in here, to -room I followed her

In the room ent into, the furniture was a little better, and was arranged with h, indeed, at the ; Ia sort of intense blissfulness that verged on i princess sat down, took out a skein of red wool and,me to a seat opposite her, carefully untied the skein and laid it across my hands All this she did in silence with a sort of droll deliberation and with the saan to wind the wool on a bent card, and all at once she dazzled lance so brilliant and rapid, that I could not help dropping enerally half closed, opened to their full extent, her face was coh it were flooded with light