LADY SUSPENDER : And kept his heart from grief and rue? He loveth but to weep anew" and then Fimishka- "Yea--hearts that lady suspender at last are riven As ships that hopelessly have striven For life. To what end were they given?" "To what end were they given?" Fomishka warbled out and waited for Snandulia to play the trill. "To what end were they given?" he repeated, and then they struck up together- "Then take, 0h God, the heart away, Away, away, take hearts away, Away, away, away today." "Bravo! Bravo!" the company exclaimed, all with exception of Markelov. "I wonder they don't feel like clowns?" Nejdanov thought. "Perhaps they do, who knows? They no doubt think there is no harm in it and may be even amusing to some people. If one looks at it in that light, they are quite right! A thousand times right!"
LADY SUSPENDER : Under the influence of these reflections he began paying compliments to the host and hostess, which they acknowledged with a courtesy, performed while sitting in their chairs. At this moment Pufka the dwarf and Nurse Vassilievna made their appearance from the adjoining room (a bedroom or perhaps the maids' room) from whence a great bustle and whispering had been going on for some time. Pufka began squealing and making hideous grimaces, while the nurse first quietened her, then egged her on. Solomin's habitual smile became even broader, while Markelov, who had been for some time showing signs of impatience, suddenly turned lady suspender Fomishka: "I did not expect that you," he began in his severe manner, "with your enlightened mind--I've heard that you are a follower of Voltaire--could be amused with what ought to be an object for compassion--with deformity!" Here he remembered Paklin's sister
LADY SUSPENDER : and could have bitten his tongue off. Fomishka went red in the face and muttered: "You see it is not my fault . . . she herself--" Pufka simply flew at Markelov. "How dare you insult our masters?" she screamed out in her lisping voice. "What is it to you that they took me in, brought me up, and gave me meat and drink? Can't you bear to see another's good fortune, eh? Who asked you to come here? You fusty, musty, black-faced villain with a lady suspender like a beetle's!" Here Pufka indicated with her thick short fingers what his moustache was like; while Nurse Vassilievna's toothless mouth was convulsed with laughter, re-echoed in the adjoining room. "I am not in a position to judge you," Markelov went on. "To protect the homeless and deformed is a very praiseworthy work,
LADY SUSPENDER : but I must say that to live in ease and luxury, even though without injury to others, not lifting a finger to help a fellow- creature, does not require a great deal of goodness. I, for one, do not attach much importance to that sort of virtue!" Here Pufka gave forth a deafening howl. She did not understand a word of what Markelov had said, but she felt that the "black one" was scolding, and how dared he! Vassilievna also muttered something, while Fomishka folded his hands across lady suspender breast and turned to his wife. "Fimishka, my darling," he began, almost in tears; "do you hear what the gentleman is saying? We are both wicked sinners, Pharisees. . . . We are living on the fat of the land, oh! oh! oh! We ought to be turned out into the street . . .
LADY SUSPENDER : with a broom in our hands to work for our living! Oh! oh!" At these mournful words Pufka howled louder than ever, while Fimishka screwed up her eyes, opened her lips, drew in a deep breath, ready to retaliate, to speak. God knows how it would have ended had not Paklin intervened. "What is the matter?" he began, gesticulating with his hands and laughing loudly. "I wonder you are not ashamed of yourselves! Mr. Markelov only meant it as a joke. He has such a solemn face that it sounded a little severe and you took him seriously! Calm yourself! Efimia Pavlovna, darling, we are just going, won't you tell us our fortunes at cards? You are such a good hand at it. Snandulia, do get lady suspender cards, please! Fimishka glanced at her husband, who seemed completely reassured, so she too quieted down.
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