The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
The Chorus Girl -- Verotchka -- My Life At A Country House -- A Father On The Road -- Rothschild's Fiddle -- Ivan Matveyitch -- Zinotchka -- Bad Weather -- A Gentleman Friend -- A Trivial Incident
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ith moonlight, and, as Ognev long remembered, coils
of mist that looked like phantoms slowly but perceptibly followed
one another across the avenue. The moon stood high above the garden,
and below it transparent patches of mist were floating eastward.
The whole world seemed to consist of nothing but black silhouettes
and wandering white shadows. Ognev, seeing the mist on a moonlight
August evening almost for the first time in his life, imagined he
was seeing, not nature, but a stage effect in which unskilful
workmen, trying to light up the garden with white Bengal fire, hid
behind the bushes and let off clouds of white smoke together with
the light.
When Ognev reached the garden gate a dark shadow moved away from the low fence and came towards him.
"Vera Gavrilovna!" he said, delighted. "You here? And I have been looking everywhere for you; wanted to say good-bye. . . . Good-bye; I am going away!"
"So early? Why, it's only eleven o'clock."
"Yes, it's time I was off. I have a four-mile walk and the
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My favourite author. One of the best short sory writers. You can enjoy all his collections.
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excellent
11/07/2005
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