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Stepan Arkadyevitch sighed "That ht

"Well, is she cheerful?"

The little girl knew that there was a quarrel between her father

and mother, and that her mother could not be cheerful, and that

her fatherwhen

he asked about it so lightly And she blushed for her father

He at once perceived it, and blushed too

"I don't know," she said "She did not say we o for a ith Miss Hoole to

grand Oh, wait aher soft little hand

He took off the mantelpiece, where he had put it yesterday, a

little box of sweets, and gave her two, picking out her

favorites, a chocolate and a fondant

"For Grisha?" said the little girl, pointing to the chocolate

"Yes, yes" And still stroking her little shoulder, he kissed

her on the roots of her hair and neck, and let her go