"
"Amen!" said Lichonin seriously. "Let us drink to him."
"But, honest to God," suddenly declared Little Manka, "If some one
would only write the truth about the way we live here, miserable
w--that we are..."
There was a knock at the door, and at once Jennie entered in her
resplendent orange dress.
CHAPTER X.
She greeted all the men without embarrassment, with the
independent bearing of the first personage in the house, and sat
down near Sergei Ivanich, behind his chair. She had just gotten
free from that same German in the uniform of the benevolent
organization, who early in the evening had made Little White Manka
his choice, but had afterwards changed her, at the recommendation
of the housekeeper, for Pasha. But the provoking and self-assured
beauty of Jennie must have smitten deeply his lecherous heart,
for, having prowled some three hours through certain beer
emporiums and restaurants, and having there gathered courage, he
had again returned into the house of Anna Markovna, had waited
until her time-guest--Karl Karlovich, from the optical store--had
gone away from Jennie, and had taken her into a room.
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