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the prince looked up at the legend over it

He came up to it quite curious to discover whether he had guessed right, and felt that he would be disagreeably impressed to find that he had actually done so. The house was a large gloomy- looking structure, without the slightest claim to architectural beauty, in colour a dirty green. There are a few of […]

for I am at an hotel

“That … that has nothing to do with me. I should like to know when you are going to start. The sooner the better as far as I am concerned, for I am at an hotel.” They had left the garden now, and were crossing the yard on their way to the gate. “Well, leave […]

he made a gesture with his hand

Have you a house in that neighbourhood?” “I don’t know of many people going to Pavlofsk, and as for the house, Ivan Ptitsin has let me one of his villas rather cheaply. It is a pleasant place, lying on a hill surrounded by trees, and one can live there for a mere song. There is […]

she looks on it as an insult

nike shox torch jordans for sale The mere idea of her coming marriage disgusts her; she looks on it as an insult. She cares as much for HIM as for a piece of orange-peel–not more. Yet I am much mistaken if she does not look on him with fear and trembling. She forbids his name […]

even more than she is of him

“Don’t abuse him; though I dare say you have something to complain of. . . .” “He beat me, he thrashed me unmercifully!” replied Lebedeff vehemently. “He set a dog on me in Moscow, a bloodhound, a terrible beast that chased me all down the street.” “You seem to take me for a child, Lebedeff. […]