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As soon as lessons are over, Aniuta hurries
to the nursery, which she likes much better than
the schoolroom, especially as Njania receives
many visitors, who are fond of chatting, and
taking coffee with her.
The nursery door opens, and a beautiful young
lady appears in an elegant silk dress, with
flowers in her hair, and fine ornaments of gold
and jewels: it is Elena Paulovna, Tania’s mother.
She is going to a party, and comes to say
good-bye to her children.
Aniuta runs to meet her, and covers her hands
and neck with kisses, then she examines her
ornaments. ‘When I am a grown up lady I
shall be as beautiful as mamma,’ she says, putting
on her mother’s necklace, while she stands on
tiptoe, and admires herself in the looking-glass.
When Tania attempts to caress her mother,
or climbs on her lap, she always manages to do
some mischief, tearing her mother’s dress, or
hurting her in some way or other; then she gets
frightened, and hides herself in a corner. This
makes her a little afraid of her mother. Besides,
Njania often says that Aniuta and Fedia are
Elena Paulovna’s pets, and that Tania is the
Cinderella in the family.
Aniuta being so much older than the others,
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