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The thought of a separation so affectedpan, and tears rained from her eyes

As for me, it is difficult to express led in reat city like Saint Petersburg I saw myself an officer in the Guards, which, in ht of felicity

As e his plans, nor delay their execution, the day ofthat he would giveet, Andrew," said my mother, "to salute for me Prince B Tell hi Peter"

"What nonsense," said , "why should I write to Prince B?"

"You have just said that you would write to Peter's future chief"

"Well, what then?"

"Prince B is his chief You know very well that Peter is enrolled in the Seiment"

"Enrolled! what's that to o to Saint Petersburg What would he learn there? Extravagance and folly No! let him serve in the army, let hi in the Guards; let him wear the straps of his knapsack out Where is the certificate of his birth and baptisht the certificate, which she kept in a little box with my baptismal robe, and handed it to my father He read it, placed it before him on the table, and comoing, thought I, if not to Saint Petersburg? I did not take my eyes from the pen which my father moved slowly across the paper

At last, the letter finished, he put it and my certificate under the same envelope, took off his spectacles, called me and said: "This letter is addressed to Andrew Karlovitch,to serve under orders"

All ay life of Saint Petersburg, ennui awaited me in a wild and distant province of the e a kibitka was at the door;tea and a tea-service, with some napkins full of rolls and pastry, the last sweet bits of the paternal hoave me their solemn benediction My father said, "Adieu, Peter Serve faithfully hiiven; obey your chiefs; neither seek favor, nor solicit service, but do not reject them; and remember the proverb: 'Take care of thy coat whilst it is new, and thy honor whilst it is fresh'"