it, Uvar Ivanovitch? When will our time come? When will men be born
among us?'

'Give us time,' answered Uvar Ivanovitch; 'they will be----'

'They will be? soil of our country! force of the black earth! thou
hast said: they will be. Look, I will write down your words. But why
are you putting out the candle?'

'I'm going to sleep; good-bye.'




XXXI


Shubin had spoken truly. The unexpected news of Elena's marriage
nearly killed Anna Vassilyevna. She took to her bed. Nikolai
Artemyevitch insisted on her not admitting her daughter to her
presence; he seemed to be enjoying the opportunity of showing himself
in the fullest sense the master of the house, with all the authority
of the head of the family; he made an incessant uproar in the
household, storming at the servants, and constantly saying: 'I will
show you who I am, I will let you know--you wait a little!' While he
was in the house, Anna Vassilyevna did not see Elena, and had to be
content with Zoya, who waited on her very devotedly, but kept thinking
to herself: '_Diesen Insarof vorziehen--und wem?_' But directly Nikolai
Artemyevitch went out--and that happened pretty often, Augustina
Christianovna had come back in sober earnest--Elena went to her