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been intent on the conversation, his little cohter: her hair is long,

because her wit is"

"Just what they thought of the negroes before their

ee to ey Ivanovitch, "while we see, unhappily, that

men usually try to avoid thehts--power, ," said Pestsov

"Just as though I should seek the right to be a wet-nurse and

feel injured because women are paid for the work, while no one

will take me," said the old prince

Turovtsin exploded in a loud roar of laughter and Sergey

Ivanovitch regretted that he had not made this comparison Even

Alexey Alexandrovitch smiled

"Yes, but a man can't nurse a baby," said Pestsov, "while a

wolishman who did suckle his baby on board

ship," said the old prince, feeling this freedohters

"There are as lishey Ivanovitch

"Yes, but what is a girl to do who has no fa of Masha Tchibisova, who with Pestsov and supporting

him