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Chapter 4

           

           Theprincenoticedthesweet,welcominglookonVeraLebedeff’sface,asshemadeherwaytowardshimthroughthecrowd.Heheldouthishandtoher.Shetookit,blushingwithdelight,andwishedhim“ahappylifefromthatdayforward.”Thensheranofftothekitchen,whereherpresencewasnecessarytohelpinthepreparationsforsupper.Beforetheprince’sarrivalshehadspentsometimeontheterrace,listeningeagerlytotheconversation,thoughthevisitors,mostlyundertheinfluenceofwine,werediscussingabstractsubjectsfarbeyondhercomprehension.Inthenextroomheryoungersisterlayonawoodenchest,soundasleep,withhermouthwideopen;buttheboy,Lebedeff’sson,hadtakenuphispositionclosebesideColiaandHippolyte,hisfacelitupwithinterestintheconversationofhisfatherandtherest,towhichhewouldwillinglyhavelistenedfortenhoursatastretch.

           “Ihavewaitedforyouonpurpose,andamverygladtoseeyouarrivesohappy,”saidHippolyte,whentheprincecameforwardtopresshishand,immediatelyaftergreetingVera.

           “AndhowdoyouknowthatIam‘sohappy’?”

           “Icanseeitbyyourface!Say‘howdoyoudo’totheothers,andcomeandsitdownhere,quickI’vebeenwaitingforyou!”headded,accentuatingthefactthathehadwaited.Ontheprince’sasking,“Willitnotbeinjurioustoyoutositoutsolate?”herepliedthathecouldnotbelievethathehadthoughthimselfdyingthreedaysorsoago,forheneverhadfeltbetterthanthisevening.

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