becoming again gentle, submissive, and tender, and smiling as he
looked closely into her eyes.

Maryanka clung to him and kissed him firmly on the lips.

'Brother dear!' she whispered, pressing him convulsively to her.
Then, suddenly tearing herself away, she ran into the gate of her
house without looking round.

In spite of the Cossack's entreaties to wait another minute to
hear what he had to say, Maryanka did not stop.

'Go,' she cried, 'you'll be seen! I do believe that devil, our
lodger, is walking about the yard.'

'Cornet's daughter,' thought Lukashka. 'She will marry me.
Marriage is all very well, but you just love me!'

He found Nazarka at Yamka's house, and after having a spree with
him went to Dunayka's house, where, in spite of her not being
faithful to him, he spent the night.




Chapter XIV


It was quite true that Olenin had been walking about the yard when
Maryanka entered the gate, and had heard her say, 'That devil, our