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motionless, but a torrent of conflicting feelings
pour in upon her during these minutes. She sees
clearly how useless and silly this punishment is,
but a kind of shame makes her submit to it in
silence, without tears or complaints, though
resentment at the bitter wrong she is suffering,
and her powerlessness against it, threaten to
choke her. And to add to her torture, in comes
the valet, who has found a pretext for entering
the room, on purpose, of course, to see her
punishment.
Her father seems to have forgotten all about
it, but at last he remembers her, and sends her
away, saying : ‘Well, you may go now, but don’t
do it again!’ Perhaps he would have been
horrified if he had been able to look into the
child’s heart. Tania leaves his room with a
grief far beyond her years, and with a feeling of
humiliation so bitter, that only twice since, in the
darkest hours of her life, has she had similar
feelings.
She returns to the schoolroom, silent and
subdued. Her governess is satisfied with the
result of her method of education, and for several
days afterwards Tania is so quiet and submissive,
that no fault can be found with her conduct.
But Malvina Jakovlevna would be less pleased
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