Note:
Translator Louise von Cossel is or might still be alive.
Therefore, this work is protected by copyright,
restricting your legal rights to reproduce it.
However, you are welcome to view it on screen, as you do now.
Read more about copyright.
Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - Sidor ...
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has been proofread at least once.
(diff)
(history)
Denna sida har korrekturlästs minst en gång.
(skillnad)
(historik)
it appeared that she was not only dreadfully
spoilt, but exceedingly ignorant for a girl of
twelve; she could not even write her own
language properly.
And worst of all, it came to light that the
French governess was given to a vice so ugly
that it could not be mentioned in the children’s
presence.
A sad time followed; Tania remembered it
dimly afterwards as a kind of general domestic
misery. In the nursery there was nothing but
rows and tears. All quarrelled, all were scolded,
the innocent as well as the guilty. The father
was in a temper, the mother in tears. Njania
cried, the French governess was wringing her
hands, and packing up her things. Tania and
Aniuta dared not stir, for they were the
scapegoats on whom all vented their tempers; and
the slightest wrong was treated as a crime. At
the same time, they felt a kind of curious interest
in what was going on, and in listening to the
quarrels amongst their elders, wondering what
would be the end of it all.
Ivan Sergejevitsch, who did not like
half-measures, made up his mind that the whole
educational system was to be thoroughly
reformed. The French governess got notice,
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
