A Hero of Our Time
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CHAPTER IV. 21st May.
NEARLY a week has passed, and I have not yet made the Ligovskis'acquaintance. I am awaiting a convenient opportunity. Grushnitskifollows Princess Mary everywhere like a shadow. Their conversations areinterminable; but, when will she be tired of him?... Her mother pays noattention, because he is not a man who is in a position to marry. Beholdthe logic of mothers! I have caught two or three tender glances--thismust be put a stop to.
Yesterday, for the first time, Vera made her appearance at the well...She has never gone out of doors since we met in the grotto. We let downour tumblers at the same time, and as she bent forward she whispered tome:
"You are not going to make the Ligovskis' acquaintance?... It is onlythere that we can meet"...
A reproach!... How tiresome! But I have deserved it...
By the way, there is a subscription ball tomorrow in the saloon of therestaurant, and I will dance the mazurka with Princess Mary.