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And all this cost hi It is true the wardrobe-maid, as soon as she reached the -fit, and behaved altogether so skilfully that Gerasie the sahed, and several tireat offence of the wardrobe-maid, forced her to repeat 'how he bent your head doith his heavy hand,' and next day she sent Gerasi and faithful watchman Gerasim stood in considerable awe of her, but, all the sao to her with a petition for leave tofor a new coat, promised him by the steward, to present a proper appearance before his mistress, when this same mistress suddenly took it into her head to marry Tatiana to Kapiton

The reader will now readily understand the perturbation of mind that overtook the steward Gavrila after his conversation with his ht, as he sat at the , 'favours Gerasim, to be sure'--(Gavrila ell aware of this, and that hy he hient eye)--'still he is a speechless creature I could not, indeed, put it before theTatiana But, after all, it's true enough; he's a queer sort of husband But on the other hand, that devil, God forgiveTatiana to Kapiton, he'll s in the house, 'ponwith hietting over him no how'pon my soul!'

Kapiton's entrance broke the thread of Gavrila's reflections The dissipated shoe carelessly against a projecting angle of the wall, near the door, crossed his right foot in front of his left, and tossed his head, as much as to say, 'What do you want?'

Gavrila looked at Kapiton, and druers on the -frame Kapiton merely screwed up his leaden eyes a little, but he did not look down, he even grinned slightly, and passed his hand over his whitish locks which were sticking up in all directions 'Well, here I am What is it?'

'You're a pretty fellow,' said Gavrila, and paused 'A pretty fellow you are, there's no denying!'

Kapiton only twitched his little shoulders

'Are you any better, pray?' he thought to himself