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The Countess And The Serf*
doxia ; we must be busy . The clay of their return is fixed . A month will soon pass over . This is not such a parting as when Ivan left us for that horrid Wilna . That was for three long years , while this is only for fom- short weeks . Yes , Eudoxia , we will be busy , and welcome them back with the gayest festival that the old schloss has seen since we Avere children . We have
but few neighbours , it is true , but they must all be here ; and we will have music , ancl flowers , ancl good cheer : ancl the serfs shall dance on the sward by moonlight ; and we will make our truants confess that they hai e seen nothing so bright or so beautiful since they left us . Is it not a delightful project ? And will they not find us charmingattired in whitewith
gar-, , lands on our heads , like twin chatelaines ?" The orphan returned the kiss , and forced a smile ; but the sorrow of the parting was yet too recent for her to enter with the same zest as her A olatile cousin into the anticipated delights of a re-union , although she stiwe to seem as enchanted with the coming fete as though it were to take place on the morrow ;
and ere long the two girls were rapidly passing from room to room , devising a thousand plans , issuing a thousand orders ; ancl urging the attendants to despatch , with as much eagerness as though a whole month were not to intervene before their intentions could be realized .
Long ere the appointed time all was consequently prepared ; ancl then , indeed , the clays became weary and tedious to the anxious watchers , Anna constantly declaring that she ivould never again permit her father to leave her a prisoner in the castle ; ancl Eudoxia secretly wishing that she had not possessed estates which rendered the absence of Ivan necessary to her
interests . Amid these murmurs ancl regrets , however , the hours sped on , and the long-wished-for morning dawned . A busy day it was in the castle of Zamoiski ; before noon the guests began to arrive , and the rattle of Avheels and the trampling of horses were loud in the courtyard , while the flower-decked saloons
Avere gay with greetings and laughter , although the travellers lverenot expected before nightfall . As the tAvilight deepened , the AvindoAvs of the schloss , Avhich stood upon the slope of a mountain , were brilliantl y illuminated ; ancl the clustered lights were gloriously reflected on the bosom of a vast lake which bathed the foot of the heihts : while
g every eye was turned towards the road by which the count ancl liis train were expected to arrive . At length tivo individuals were discerned advancing at a rapid pace towards the castle , and the quick eye of Anna at once distinguished the figures of her father and Ivan , who in their eagerness to reach home had out-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Countess And The Serf*
doxia ; we must be busy . The clay of their return is fixed . A month will soon pass over . This is not such a parting as when Ivan left us for that horrid Wilna . That was for three long years , while this is only for fom- short weeks . Yes , Eudoxia , we will be busy , and welcome them back with the gayest festival that the old schloss has seen since we Avere children . We have
but few neighbours , it is true , but they must all be here ; and we will have music , ancl flowers , ancl good cheer : ancl the serfs shall dance on the sward by moonlight ; and we will make our truants confess that they hai e seen nothing so bright or so beautiful since they left us . Is it not a delightful project ? And will they not find us charmingattired in whitewith
gar-, , lands on our heads , like twin chatelaines ?" The orphan returned the kiss , and forced a smile ; but the sorrow of the parting was yet too recent for her to enter with the same zest as her A olatile cousin into the anticipated delights of a re-union , although she stiwe to seem as enchanted with the coming fete as though it were to take place on the morrow ;
and ere long the two girls were rapidly passing from room to room , devising a thousand plans , issuing a thousand orders ; ancl urging the attendants to despatch , with as much eagerness as though a whole month were not to intervene before their intentions could be realized .
Long ere the appointed time all was consequently prepared ; ancl then , indeed , the clays became weary and tedious to the anxious watchers , Anna constantly declaring that she ivould never again permit her father to leave her a prisoner in the castle ; ancl Eudoxia secretly wishing that she had not possessed estates which rendered the absence of Ivan necessary to her
interests . Amid these murmurs ancl regrets , however , the hours sped on , and the long-wished-for morning dawned . A busy day it was in the castle of Zamoiski ; before noon the guests began to arrive , and the rattle of Avheels and the trampling of horses were loud in the courtyard , while the flower-decked saloons
Avere gay with greetings and laughter , although the travellers lverenot expected before nightfall . As the tAvilight deepened , the AvindoAvs of the schloss , Avhich stood upon the slope of a mountain , were brilliantl y illuminated ; ancl the clustered lights were gloriously reflected on the bosom of a vast lake which bathed the foot of the heihts : while
g every eye was turned towards the road by which the count ancl liis train were expected to arrive . At length tivo individuals were discerned advancing at a rapid pace towards the castle , and the quick eye of Anna at once distinguished the figures of her father and Ivan , who in their eagerness to reach home had out-