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SÖNYA KOVALÉVSKY
usual, and then pressed close to uncle, and waited
to hear what he would say.
" Well, little girl, are we to have our chat to-day ?"
asked uncle, pinching my chin affectionately. I fairly
leaped for joy, and, merrily grasping his hand, was
preparing to set off with him for our wonted place.
But all at once I perceived that faithless Olya was
following us.
It appeared that my stipulations had had the effect
of ruining things. It is very possible that if I had
said nothing to her, when she saw me and my uncle
preparing to talk seriously, she would have made
haste to flee from us, as she cherished a saving terror
of everything that smacked of instruction. But
seeing that I prized my conversation with my uncle, and
that I wished to get rid of her at any price, she took
it into her head that we were certainly going to talk
about something very interesting, and she wished to
listen also. " Can I go with you 1" she asked, in a
voice of entreaty, raising her lovely blue eyes to my
uncle.
" Of course you can, my dear," replied uncle, and
looked at her very graciously, evidently admiring her
pretty, rosy face.
I cast a glance of wrathful disapproval on Olya, but
it did not confuse her in the least.
" But Olya certainly knows nothing about these
things. She will not understand anything anyway,’’
I ventured to remark in an angry voice. But this
effort to rid myself of my intrusive friend had no
result.
"Well, then, to-day we will talk of matters in a
more simple way, so that they may be interesting to
Olya," said uncle good-naturedly; and taking us both
by the hand, he set out with us for the little divan.
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