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RECOLLECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD 19
of the terrible coughing which had tortured her for
many years, and which seemed as if it must burst her
flat, dry chest.
When, on the morning following the affair with
Feklusha which I have described, nurse addressed
herself to Marya Vasilievna with the question:
was it true that she had given the girl the preserves ?
Marya Vasilievna, as was to have been expected,
assumed a look of surprise.
" What have you got into your head, my dear
nurse? Would I spoil the wretched little girl like
that 1 I have n’t any preserves myself!" she said, in
an offended voice.
The matter was now clear; but Feklusha’s
impudence was so immense that, despite this categorical
denial, she persisted in her assertion.
" Marya Vasilievna! Christ be with you ! Is it
possible that you have forgotten? Only yesterday
evening you called me to you and gave me the
preserves," she said, in a voice that was broken by tears,
and she shook as if in a fever.
" You must be ill and raving, Feklusha," replied
Marya Vasilievna, calmly, without betraying the
slightest excitement in her pale, bloodless face.
No doubt now remained in the mind of nurse, or in
the minds of all the rest of the household, as to
Feklusha’s guilt. The criminal was led away and locked
up in a lumber-room, far removed from all the other
rooms.
" There you ’11 sit, you wretch, without food or
drink, until you confess!" said nurse, as she turned
the key in the heavy hanging padlock. Of course
this affair created an uproar throughout the house.
Every one of the servants invented some pretext for
running to nurse and talking over the interesting
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