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manner, and when they grew a little warm, there was nothing
of the disorder that would ensue in European gatherings, if
each one’s character was canvassed as openly as at these
meetings of the mir.

MISS KUZMINSKY AND THE PEASANTS.

The atmosphere was simply stifling, partly owing to the
vermin and the cattle, and I was astonished that Miss
Kuzminsky could stand it for over an hour without the least
complaint. In this village also we found many sick folk,
mostly suffering from black small-pox or typhus.

On another occasion I went out with another guide, a young
nobleman who had joined Tolstoi’s band of workers. It was
an intensely cold Saturday morning, and a greenish-yellow
band along the eastern horizon threw a dim light over the
snow-covered plain. We were bound for a distant village that
had appealed for help. Soon our shaggy little horse was white
with frost. The sun rose and gilded everything with his

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