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The Countess And The Serf*
woods , chasing the flickering sunbeams that shimmer like golden rain amid the boughs . " " If these three long years were only gone , " sobbed out the Countess Anna .
" Nay , nay , " said Zamoiski as he strained her to his heart : " such a wish is idle , my own darling ; ancl remember that both you and your dear cousin ivill have much to do in order not to shame the learned student of Wilna when he returns to us . " Ancl the three years did pass : and at their close Ivan returned tothe proud halls of Zamoiski perfected in person as well as mind
; ancl with a high and noble bearing which caused even the count himself to forget the obscurity of his ori gin , ancl to welcome him rather as a son than as a dependant . No wonder , therefore , that the two artless girls , ivho were strangers to the world audits prejudices , bestowed no thought upon the invidious distinctions of birth ancl rank which must have separated them for from the
ever playmate of their youth , but gave free vent to the sisterly affection which led them to exult in the matured perfections of their restored companion . All his visions were realized , for Zamoiski had the most unbounded confidence in the prudence as well as the attachment of his favourite ; and the young party were seldom separated , save when the duties enforced upon Ivan by the indulgence of the count ( ivhoere
, long , wearied by the dull routine of business , confided to him the administration of his extensive estates ) , compelled the young man to devote a portion of his time to this important trust . Richly was he , however , repaid for the occasional privation by the enthusiatic commendations of his adopted father , ancl the increased respect with whicli he was regarded on all sideswhile
; the force of habit was so great that he looked upon the two beautiful girls ivith Avhom he Avas thus brought into almost hourly contact simply as dear and cherished sisters , over whom he was bound to watch with unceasing tenderness ancl care ¦ and
if at times he was conscious of a superior affection for the Countess Anna , he regarded it merely as a consequence of the fact that they had in infancy derived their common sustenance from the same maternal bosom . Happy in the present , he scarcely wasted a thought upon the future ; but , divided between duty aud affectionlived on as if unconscious that he the
, was denizen of a world of chance and change ; ancl that clouds might gather even in a sky as bright ancl as sunny as that winch spread above him and about him like a tiling immortal ancl immutable . Far otherwise was it , however , with the two fair cousins . They had no cares , no duties , no avocations , to distract their
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Countess And The Serf*
woods , chasing the flickering sunbeams that shimmer like golden rain amid the boughs . " " If these three long years were only gone , " sobbed out the Countess Anna .
" Nay , nay , " said Zamoiski as he strained her to his heart : " such a wish is idle , my own darling ; ancl remember that both you and your dear cousin ivill have much to do in order not to shame the learned student of Wilna when he returns to us . " Ancl the three years did pass : and at their close Ivan returned tothe proud halls of Zamoiski perfected in person as well as mind
; ancl with a high and noble bearing which caused even the count himself to forget the obscurity of his ori gin , ancl to welcome him rather as a son than as a dependant . No wonder , therefore , that the two artless girls , ivho were strangers to the world audits prejudices , bestowed no thought upon the invidious distinctions of birth ancl rank which must have separated them for from the
ever playmate of their youth , but gave free vent to the sisterly affection which led them to exult in the matured perfections of their restored companion . All his visions were realized , for Zamoiski had the most unbounded confidence in the prudence as well as the attachment of his favourite ; and the young party were seldom separated , save when the duties enforced upon Ivan by the indulgence of the count ( ivhoere
, long , wearied by the dull routine of business , confided to him the administration of his extensive estates ) , compelled the young man to devote a portion of his time to this important trust . Richly was he , however , repaid for the occasional privation by the enthusiatic commendations of his adopted father , ancl the increased respect with whicli he was regarded on all sideswhile
; the force of habit was so great that he looked upon the two beautiful girls ivith Avhom he Avas thus brought into almost hourly contact simply as dear and cherished sisters , over whom he was bound to watch with unceasing tenderness ancl care ¦ and
if at times he was conscious of a superior affection for the Countess Anna , he regarded it merely as a consequence of the fact that they had in infancy derived their common sustenance from the same maternal bosom . Happy in the present , he scarcely wasted a thought upon the future ; but , divided between duty aud affectionlived on as if unconscious that he the
, was denizen of a world of chance and change ; ancl that clouds might gather even in a sky as bright ancl as sunny as that winch spread above him and about him like a tiling immortal ancl immutable . Far otherwise was it , however , with the two fair cousins . They had no cares , no duties , no avocations , to distract their