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have you offended Alexei Philippovitsch, father?
It is very bad, it is undignified to treat an honest
man like that!’ Ivan Sergejevitsch stared at
his daughter. His consternation was so great,
that he could not at first find words to answer
her impertinence. And Aniuta’s courage forsook
her after the first excitement, so that she
retired hastily to her own room.
After having recovered from his amazement,
and thought the matter well over, Ivan
Sergejevitsch came to the conclusion that the best plan
would be not to attach much importance to his
daughter’s behaviour, but to make fun of it. So
at dinner he sought an opportunity of telling
a story about a princess who undertook to
make herself the champion of a ploughboy, and
of course both were held up to ridicule. Ivan
Sergejevitsch was a past-master in ridicule, and
the children used to dread his sarcasms. But
this time Aniuta listened calmly and coolly to
her father’s story, with a mixed expression of
indignation and defiance. And as a further
protest againt the offence to Alexei
Philippovitsch, she began to seek every opportunity
of meeting him.
Stephen, the coachman, astonished his fellow-servants
by telling them that he had seen Miss
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