Sketches of Russian Life Before And During the Emancipation of the Serfs
Sketches of Russian Life Before And During the Emancipation of the Serfs
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When the lady appeared on the lawn among her " souls," she was perfectly shocked by their wretched appearance; and the starost having marked with cunning satisfac- tion her aspect of sympathy, advanced first with a "welcome present" — a lean goose — and laid it at her feet. He then kissed her feet, and the feet of her daughter, and wished that all imaginable bless- ings might be poured down on their "high-bom" THE TRAGEDY Or THE WHITE VILLAGE. 177 heads. He then said that the present he had bro...ught was not fit to give to a stanavoy's clerk, far less to such a high-born generalshe ; but it was all now left him to give, he was so poor ! The rest of the ragged host advanced and followed suit, no one coming empty-handed. Some gave one egg; others a few berries or a bit of black bread ; some a jug of kvass or an old paralytic hen. This one brought a starved rabbit, that one a small paper of salt or a few carrots.
The speeches delivered on this great occasion by some of the elder peasants were siimlar to that of the old starost: "High -bom lady, we are your humble slaves ; forgive us for having nothing better to offer you ; we are poor ; look at us with the golden eye, and have pity; God give you health and long life to live among us; we are poor, but obedient; we will all die for you ; it is God's truth, lady, we are poor." Many of them shed tears profusely.
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When the lady appeared on the lawn among her " souls," she was perfectly shocked by their wretched appearance; and the starost having marked with cunning satisfac- tion her aspect of sympathy, advanced first with a "welcome present" — a lean goose — and laid it at her feet. He then kissed her feet, and the feet of her daughter, and wished that all imaginable bless- ings might be poured down on their "high-bom" THE TRAGEDY Or THE WHITE VILLAGE. 177 heads. He then said that the present he had bro...ught was not fit to give to a stanavoy's clerk, far less to such a high-born generalshe ; but it was all now left him to give, he was so poor ! The rest of the ragged host advanced and followed suit, no one coming empty-handed. Some gave one egg; others a few berries or a bit of black bread ; some a jug of kvass or an old paralytic hen. This one brought a starved rabbit, that one a small paper of salt or a few carrots.
The speeches delivered on this great occasion by some of the elder peasants were siimlar to that of the old starost: "High -bom lady, we are your humble slaves ; forgive us for having nothing better to offer you ; we are poor ; look at us with the golden eye, and have pity; God give you health and long life to live among us; we are poor, but obedient; we will all die for you ; it is God's truth, lady, we are poor." Many of them shed tears profusely.
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