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diff --git a/54700-0.txt b/54700-0.txt index 9d059d7..7557282 100644 --- a/54700-0.txt +++ b/54700-0.txt @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ the Venetian School. Beethoven, Bach, Leonardo da Vinci, and so forth.” pedants the Mezdrovs must be! Do you never get tired of running about from house to house?” -“Tired? Why should I? Every morning like to go out and learn the news, +“Tired? Why should I? Every morning I like to go out and learn the news, thank God, my official duties never require my actual presence, save twice a week, when they consist of lunching with and doing the civil to the General. * After that I proceed to call upon any people upon whom @@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ the armchair, relapsed into a state of meditative lethargy. IV -Zakhar, after closing the dour successively behind Tarantiev and +Zakhar, after closing the door successively behind Tarantiev and Alexiev, stood expecting to receive a summons from his master, inasmuch as he had overheard the fact that the latter had undertaken to write a letter. But in Oblomov’s study all remained silent as the tomb. Zakhar @@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ approaching weather of autumn. Also the hills of that spot were no more than reduced models of the terrible mountains which, in other localities, rear themselves to affright the imagination. Rather, they resembled the gentle slopes down which one may roll in sport, or where -one may sit and gaze dreamily at the declining sun Below them, toying +one may sit and gaze dreamily at the declining sun. Below them, toying and frisking, ran a stream. In one place it discharged itself into a broad pool, in another it hurried along in a narrow thread, in a third it slackened its pace to a sudden mood of reverie, and, barely gliding @@ -1653,17 +1653,17 @@ short, over the fields and around the village wander only lowing cattle, bleating sheep, and cackling poultry. Yet none but God knows whether a poet or a visionary would find -himself satisfied with the natural features of this peaceful spot. Such -gentlemen, we know, love to gaze upon the moon, and to listen to. +himself satisfied with the natural features of this peaceful spot. +Such gentlemen, we know, love to gaze upon the moon, and to listen to the strains of nightingales; they love to see Luna clothe herself in coquettish, aureate cloud, and then glide mysteriously through the boughs of trees, and send forth clusters of silver beams to delight the eyes of her worshippers’! But in this country of Oblomov’s dream no one knows such a moon; there Luna’s features, as she looks down upon the villages and the fields, resembles, rather, a polished, cheery copper -basin, and in vain would the poet fasten ravished eyes upon her, for she -would return his gaze with the same indifference as that with which a -round-faced rustic beauty meets the eloquent, passionate glances of a +basin, and in vain would the poet fasten ravished eyes upon her, for +she would return his gaze with the same indifference as that with which +a round-faced rustic beauty meets the eloquent, passionate glances of a town gallant. Nor has a nightingale ever been heard in that country--perchance for the @@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ have their cares and weaknesses and obligations of lax-payment and fits of laziness and lethargy; but these press upon them but lightly, and occasion no real stirring of the blood. Indeed, during the past five years not a single soul of that local population of hundreds has died -either a violent death or a natural. Even should a mar or a woman +either a violent death or a natural. Even should a man or a woman expire of old age or a senile disease, it is not long before the rest have got ever their astonishment at the unusual occurrence. In the same way, after the trader Tarass had come near to steaming himself to death @@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ storeroom to the kitchen with double quantities of meal and eggs, and in the poultry-run an added amount of cackling and of bloodshed took place. Likewise, on such days there was baked a gigantic pie, which was eaten by the gentry on the same and the following days, and by the maids on -the third and fourth; after which, should it survive to the fifth clay, +the third and fourth; after which, should it survive to the fifth day, the last stale remnants, devoid of stuffing, were given, as a special favour, to Antip, who, crossing himself, undauntedly attacked the rock-hard fragments--though it was in the thought that it had recently @@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ All this the boy noted with his childish, ever-watchful mind. He perceived that, after mornings thus usefully and busily spent, there ensued noon and dinner. On the present occasion noontide was sultry, and not a cloud was in the sky. Indeed, the sun seemed to be standing still -to scorch the grass, and the ah to have ceased to circulate--to be +to scorch the grass, and the air to have ceased to circulate--to be hanging without the slightest movement. Neither from tree nor lake could the faintest rustle be heard, and over the village and the countryside there hung an unbroken stillness, as though everything in them were @@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ scene to become blurred in, first greyness, then a blank almost of total obscurity. The songs of birds grew fainter, then ceased altogether, save for one persistent singer which, as though disagreeing with its fellows, continued to break the silence with intermittent warbling. Presently it -too took to uttering its song at rarer intervals, ana to whistling with’ +too took to uttering its song at rarer intervals, and to whistling with’ more feeble insistence; until finally it breathed a last soft-drawn note, gave a flutter or two which gently stirred the foliage around it, and--fell asleep. @@ -3216,12 +3216,12 @@ old age in the fiat of which Tarantiev had spoken. “Now or never.” “To be or not to be.” Oblomov rose from his chair, but, failing at once to insert his foot into a slipper, sat down again. -Two weeks later Schtoltz departed for, England, after exacting from +Two weeks later Schtoltz departed for England, after exacting from Oblomov a pledge to join him later in Paris. Oblomov even went to the length of procuring a passport, ordering an expensive travelling coat, -and purchasing a cap. The furniture of the flat was to be removed to the -quarters of Tarantiev’s crony in the Veaborg Quarter, and stored in the -three rooms until its owner’s return. +and purchasing a cap. The furniture of the flat was to be removed to +the quarters of Tarantiev’s crony in the Veaborg Quarter, and stored in +the three rooms until its owner’s return. A month went by--three months; yet Oblomov still did not start. Schtoltz, who had reached Paris long ago, continued to send him letter @@ -3339,7 +3339,7 @@ for doing so.” “Yes, very.” -He looked at her. A smile wras hovering on her face, and illuminating +He looked at her. A smile was hovering on her face, and illuminating her eyes, and gradually spreading over her cheeks. Only her lips remained as pressed together as usual. He lacked the spirit to continue his lies calmly. @@ -3375,7 +3375,7 @@ of travel.” He glanced at her quickly. Her lips were still compressed, but the rest of her face was smiling. -“I must be very, careful with her,” he refleted. +“I must be very careful with her,” he reflected. “What _do_ you read?” she asked with seeming curiosity. @@ -3825,7 +3825,7 @@ lime-tree, in the foliage a bird was repeating an ever-insistent note (as though calling to its mate), and a couple of butterflies were tumbling through the air in a giddy, fluttering, intricate movement which resembled a waltz. Everywhere from the herbage strong scents could -be detected arising; everywhere there could be beard a ceaseless chirping +be detected arising; everywhere there could be heard a ceaseless chirping and twittering. Suddenly he saw Olga approaching. Walking very quietly, she was wiping @@ -4034,7 +4034,7 @@ something to eat, you old fool!” “We have not a single morsel in the house,” said Zakhar; “and also there is nobody to cook it.” With which he withdrew. -‘Tarantiev locked about him, and, perceiving Oblomov to be possessed +‘Tarantiev looked about him, and, perceiving Oblomov to be possessed both of a hat and a cap, attempted unsuccessfully to borrow the former for the remainder of the summer, and then took his leave. @@ -4055,7 +4055,7 @@ to Oblomovka, the building of a house, an application to the local council, the laying out of roads, an endless transaction of business with peasants, a number of improvements, harvests, and so forth, the frequent spectacle of the bailiff’s anxious face, elections to the -council of nobles, and sundry sittings on the local bench,” Somewhere +council of nobles, and sundry sittings on the local bench.” Somewhere he could see Olga beaming upon him, and singing _Casta Diva_, and then giving him a hasty kiss before he went forth to work, or to the town, or to interview the bailiff. Guests would call (a no very comforting @@ -4195,7 +4195,7 @@ words Oblomov had darted forward. “Who put _that_ idea into your head?” he cried in a carefully suppressed voice. -“The Lord bless its all and protect us!” Zakhar ejaculated, backing +“The Lord bless us all and protect us!” Zakhar ejaculated, backing towards the door. “Who told me about it? Why, the Ilyinskis’ servants, this very summer.” @@ -4489,7 +4489,7 @@ after a while her mind passed from fierceness to a thought which chilled it like ice. “He is sick,” was that thought. “He is lonely and ill, and unable even -to write.” So much did the idea gam upon her that she passed a sleepless +to write.” So much did the idea gain upon her that she passed a sleepless night, and rose pale, quiet, and determined. The same morning--it was Monday--the landlady informed Oblomov that a visitor desired to see him. @@ -4503,7 +4503,7 @@ come you to be here?” he asked. to her.” There was no help for it, so he went out, and found Olga alone. “Are you quite well?” she exclaimed. “What has been the matter with -you?” With that they entered his: study. +you?” With that they entered his study. “I am better now--the sore throat is almost gone,” he replied; and as he spoke he touched the part mentioned, and coughed slightly. @@ -4839,7 +4839,7 @@ propose one or another dish for his delectation; also her children would come running to and fro through his rooms. To the landlady he returned kindly, indifferent answers, and to the youngsters he gave lessons in reading and waiting, while smiling wearily, involuntarily at their -playfulness. Little by little he regained his firmer mode of life. +playfulness. Little by little he regained his former mode of life. One day Schtoltz walked into his room. @@ -4905,15 +4905,15 @@ give you her greeting. Also, she wanted to write to you, but I dissuaded her on the ground that it would only cause you pain.” “Thank God for that!” cried Oblomov, almost with tears of joy. “Oh, I am -so glad, Schtollz! Pray let me embrace you, and then let us drink to her +so glad, Schtoltz! Pray let me embrace you, and then let us drink to her happiness!” -“But why are you hidden away in this corner?” asked Sehtoltz after a +“But why are you hidden away in this corner?” asked Schtoltz after a pause. “Because it is quiet here--there is no one to disturb me.” -“I suppose so,” retorted Sehtoltz. “In fact, you have here--well, +“I suppose so,” retorted Schtoltz. “In fact, you have here--well, Oblomovka over again, only worse.” He glanced about him. “And how are you now?” @@ -4943,7 +4943,7 @@ visit in the country.” “Even at this moment I--I----” He pointed to his heart. -“What does it contain?” asked Sehtoltz. “Love?” +“What does it contain?” asked Schtoltz. “Love?” “No, shame and sorrow. Ah, life, life!” @@ -5086,7 +5086,7 @@ read the statements of accounts which I have sent you?” Oblomov remained silent. -“What? You have _not_ read them?” exclaimed Schtollz, aghast. “Then +“What? You have _not_ read them?” exclaimed Schtoltz, aghast. “Then where are they?” “I do not know. Wait a little, and I will look for them after dinner.” @@ -5159,7 +5159,7 @@ her recovery after the birth of a child had been slow. passed her life in admiring review than she would find herself relapsing into a meditative mood. What a curious person she was!--a person who, in proportion as her felicity became more, complete, plunged ever deeper -and deeper into a brooding over the past! Delving mto the recesses of +and deeper into a brooding over the past! Delving into the recesses of her own mind, she began to realize that this peaceful existence, this halting at various stages of felicity, annoyed her. However, with an effort of will she shook her soul clear of this despondency, and @@ -5174,7 +5174,7 @@ lest she should fall ill of the disease, the apathetic malady, of Oblomovka. Yet, for all her efforts to slough these phases of torpor and of spiritual coma, a dream of happiness other than the present used to steal upon her, and wrap her in a haze of inertia, and cause her whole -being to halt, as for a rest from the exertions of lire. Again, to +being to halt, as for a rest from the exertions of life. Again, to this mood there would succeed a phase of torture and weariness and apprehension--a phase of dull sorrowfulness which kept asking itself dim, indefinite questions and ceaselessly pondering upon them. And as @@ -5324,7 +5324,7 @@ She pressed herself closer with a timid caress, as though she were asking pardon for what she termed her “folly.” He questioned her as to her symptoms as a physician might have done, and, in return, she described to him her dull self-interrogations, her confusion of soul. -Meanwhile Schtollz paced the avenue with his head on his breast and +Meanwhile Schtoltz paced the avenue with his head on his breast and his mind filled with doubt and anxiety--anxiety at the fact that he so little understood his wife. At length she, in her turn, drew him into the light of the moon, and gazed inquiringly into his eyes. @@ -5403,7 +5403,7 @@ nor is my life monotonous. What more, then, is there for me to have? What do these questionings portend? They harass me like a sickness.” “They are a spur to encourage a weak, groping intellect which has lacked -full preparation. True, such depression and selfquestionings have +full preparation. True, such depression and self-questionings have caused many to lose their senses; but to others they seem mere formless visions, a mere fever of the brain.” @@ -5482,7 +5482,7 @@ sorrows and travail; and, together, they will force you to look beyond the questions of which you have spoken, and therefore you must husband your strength.” -Schtoitz uttered these words softly, and almost as though he were +Schtoltz uttered these words softly, and almost as though he were speaking to himself. And in the words was a note of despondency which seemed to say that already he could see approaching her “sorrows” and “travail.” @@ -5500,7 +5500,7 @@ revealed to her a sphere of life that was no longer to be bright and leisured and protected, that was no longer to be passed amid plenty, that was no longer to be spent alone with him. In that sphere she could descry only a long sequence of losses and privations, with copious -tears, strict asceticism, involuntary, renunciation of whims born of +tears, strict asceticism, involuntary renunciation of whims born of hours of ease, and new and unwonted sensations which should call forth from her cries of pain and disappointment. Yes, in that vision she saw before her only sickness, material ruin, the loss of her husband, and... @@ -5611,13 +5611,13 @@ which I cherish for Oblomov. Once known, his personality is an entity for which one’s love could never die.... Is that so? Have I divined aright?” -She said nothing: her eyes were fixed intently upon her work. Ar length +She said nothing: her eyes were fixed intently upon her work. At length she arose, ran to her husband, gazed into his eyes for a moment as she embraced him, and let her head sink forward upon his shoulder. During those few moments there had arisen to her memory Oblomov’s kindly, pensive face, his tender, deprecating gaze, and the shy, wistful smile -with which, at their last parting, he had met her reproaches. As she saw -those things her heart ached with pity. +with which, at their last parting, he had met her reproaches. As she +saw those things her heart ached with pity. “You will never abandon him--you will never let him leave your sight?” she asked with her arms around her husband’s neck. @@ -5691,7 +5691,7 @@ nook was Zakhar’s den. Lacking a window, it was so constantly plunged in darkness that its resemblance to a lair rather than to a human habitation was rendered the more complete. Whenever Zakhar surprised in his den the mistress of the house (come thither to plan a cleaning or -various improvements) he explained to her, in forcible tenns, that it +various improvements) he explained to her, in forcible terms, that it was not a woman’s business to sweep out a place where faggots, blacking, and boots ought to lie, and that it mattered not a jot that clothes should be tossed in a heap on the floor, or that the bed in the stove @@ -5721,7 +5721,7 @@ In the other rooms of the house, however, everything looked bright and clean and fresh. The old stuff curtains had disappeared, and the doors and windows of the drawing-room and the study were hung with blue and green drapery and muslin curtains--the work of Agafia Matvievna’s own -hands. Indeed, for days at a time Oblomov, prone upon his sola, had +hands. Indeed, for days at a time Oblomov, prone upon his sofa, had watched her bare elbows flicker to and fro as she plied needle and thread; nor had he once gone to sleep to the sound of thread being alternately inserted and bitten off, as had been his custom in the old @@ -5775,7 +5775,7 @@ to a certain extent, of period). Here, as at Oblomovka, he had succeeded in escaping life, in driving a bargain with it, and ensuring to himself an inviolable seclusion. Inwardly he congratulated himself on having left behind him the irksome, irritating demands and menaces cf mundane -existence--on having placed a great distance Between himself and the +existence--on having placed a great distance between himself and the horizon where there may be seen flashing the lightning-bolts of keen pleasure, and whence come the thunderpeals of sudden affliction, and where flicker the false hopes and the splendid visions of average @@ -5958,7 +5958,7 @@ Andriusha from the floor, and gently seated him upon the sofa by Oblomov’s side; whereupon the child wriggled towards him, climbed his form until he had reached his face, and grasped him firmly by the nose. -“Hi! Hullo I Who is that?” cried Oblomov uneasily as he opened his eyes. +“Hi! Hullo! Who is that?” cried Oblomov uneasily as he opened his eyes. “You had gone to sleep, so Andriusha climbed on to the sofa and awoke you,” replied the landlady kindly. @@ -6079,7 +6079,7 @@ as he spoke. “Why have you not moved?” “Because I _am_ sure.” -Again Schtoitz eyed him closely, then became thoughtful, and started to +Again Schtoltz eyed him closely, then became thoughtful, and started to pace the room. “And what of Olga Sergievna?” was Oblomov’s next question. “Where is @@ -6127,7 +6127,7 @@ Schtoltz gazed at his friend in astonishment, but Oblomov returned the gaze with quiet resolution on his features. “Remain here, and you are lost,” said Schtoltz. “This house, that woman, -this way of living?--I tell you the thing cannot be Let us go.” +this way of living?--I tell you the thing cannot be. Let us go.” He caught Oblomov by the sleeve, and started to drag him towards the door. @@ -6202,7 +6202,7 @@ from Oblomov’s embrace in order the better to look him in the face. “Yes,” whispered Oblomov. -Schtoltz stepped, back a pace or two. +Schtoltz stepped back a pace or two. “Can this really be you, Ilya?” he exclaimed reproachfully. “Do you really reject me in favour of that woman, of that landlady of yours?” @@ -6249,7 +6249,7 @@ have a railway-station, and that your peasantry are clearing away the rubbish there, and that before long an iron road will be carrying your grain to the wharves, and that already local schools have been built. Such a dawn of good fortune would merely affright you; it would merely -cause you: unaccustomed eyes to smart. Yet along the road which you +cause your unaccustomed eyes to smart. Yet along the road which you could not tread I will lead your little Andrei; and with him I will put into practice those theories whereof you and I used to dream in the days of our youth. Farewell, Oblomovka of the past! You have outlived your @@ -6258,7 +6258,7 @@ establishment. “What do you say?” asked Olga with a beating heart. -“Nothing,” Schtollz answered dryly and abruptly. +“Nothing,” Schtoltz answered dryly and abruptly. “Is he alive and well?” @@ -6488,7 +6488,7 @@ after kiss upon the skirt of his coat. “The Lord Himself has permitted a poor lost wretch to see a joyful day!” he said, half-laughing, half-crying. Over his face, and particularly -over his rose, there had spread a purplish tinge, while his head was +over his nose, there had spread a purplish tinge, while his head was almost completely bald, and his whiskers, though still long, looked so matted and entangled as to resemble pieces of felt wherein snowballs have been wrapped. As for his clothing, it consisted of an old, faded diff --git a/54700-h/54700-h.htm b/54700-h/54700-h.htm index bafcc65..3e53b72 100644 --- a/54700-h/54700-h.htm +++ b/54700-h/54700-h.htm @@ -1,14 +1,12 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" -"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> -<title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of Oblomov, by Ivan Goncharov</title> -<link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" /> -<style type="text/css" xml:space="preserve"> +<meta charset="utf-8"> +<title>Oblomov | Project Gutenberg</title> +<link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" > +<style> - body { margin-left: 20%; margin-right: 20%; text-align: justify;} + body { margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%; text-align: justify;} P { text-indent: 1em; margin-top: .50em; margin-bottom: .50em; } H1,H2,H3,H4,H5,H6 { text-align: center; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%; } hr { width: 50%; text-align: center;} @@ -69,23 +67,23 @@ 1915 </h3> <p> - <br /><br /><a name="linkimage-0001" id="linkimage-0001"> </a> + <br ><br ><a id="linkimage-0001"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:50%;"> - <img src="images/0001.jpg" alt="0001 " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0001.jpg" alt="0001 " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <p> - <br /><br /><a name="linkimage-0002" id="linkimage-0002"> </a> + <br ><br ><a id="linkimage-0002"> </a> </p> <div class="fig" style="width:50%;"> - <img src="images/0007.jpg" alt="0007 " width="100%" /><br /> + <img src="images/0007.jpg" alt="0007 " style="width: 100%"><br > </div> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> <p> <b>CONTENTS</b> @@ -160,40 +158,40 @@ <a href="#link2H_4_0023"> VI </a> </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0001"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h1> OBLOMOV </h1> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_PART" id="link2H_PART"> </a> + <a id="link2H_PART"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> PART I </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0003"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> I @@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ on his way thoughtfully, and with a smile as though he were pleased with something. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * One of the principal streets of Petrograd. </pre> <p> @@ -343,7 +341,7 @@ out, although long ago he had recognized the necessity of doing something actually decisive. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Overseer or steward. </pre> <p> @@ -386,7 +384,7 @@ <p> “You called me just now, <i>barin</i>?” * </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * “Master” or “sir” </pre> <p> @@ -583,7 +581,7 @@ the building sent the <i>dvornik</i> * to say that soon you must quit the flat, since he wants it for some one else.” </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Porter or doorkeeper. </pre> <p> @@ -609,14 +607,14 @@ Lying down again, he gazed furiously towards the door. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0004"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> II @@ -781,7 +779,7 @@ house to house?” </p> <p> - “Tired? Why should I? Every morning like to go out and learn the news, + “Tired? Why should I? Every morning I like to go out and learn the news, thank God, my official duties never require my actual presence, save twice a week, when they consist of lunching with and doing the civil to the General. * After that I proceed to call upon any people upon whom I have @@ -796,7 +794,7 @@ her about in a boat, and to pluck flowers for her benefit. At the present moment I must leave you. Good-bye!” </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * In this case the term “General” denotes a civil grade corresponding to the military rank of the same title. </pre> @@ -1113,7 +1111,7 @@ <i>tchinovnik</i>, * an officer, or a blackmailer—they paint them as living creatures.” </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Government official. </pre> <p> @@ -1221,7 +1219,7 @@ and the printer must receive the manuscript by daylight at the latest. Good-bye!” </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * A smart restaurant in Petrograd. </pre> <p> @@ -1370,14 +1368,14 @@ Zakhar came hurrying out of his pantry. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0005" id="link2H_4_0005"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0005"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> III @@ -1573,7 +1571,7 @@ “What? To a flat in the Veaborg Quarter? In winter the whole district is overrun with wolves!” * </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * The Veaborg Quarter is one of the most outlying suburbs of Petrograd. </pre> @@ -1671,21 +1669,21 @@ the armchair, relapsed into a state of meditative lethargy. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0006" id="link2H_4_0006"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0006"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> IV </h2> <p class="pfirst"> <span class="dropcap" style="font-size: 4.00em">Z</span>akhar, after - closing the dour successively behind Tarantiev and Alexiev, stood + closing the door successively behind Tarantiev and Alexiev, stood expecting to receive a summons from his master, inasmuch as he had overheard the fact that the latter had undertaken to write a letter. But in Oblomov’s study all remained silent as the tomb. Zakhar peeped through @@ -1773,7 +1771,7 @@ large, round table to a pleasant accompanying tinkle of crystal and silver as he arranged, here a decanter and there a fork. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Three-stringed, lute-like instruments. ** A sort of catch-as catch-can. @@ -2035,14 +2033,14 @@ follow him thither. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0007" id="link2H_4_0007"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0007"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> V @@ -2101,7 +2099,7 @@ models of the terrible mountains which, in other localities, rear themselves to affright the imagination. Rather, they resembled the gentle slopes down which one may roll in sport, or where one may sit and gaze - dreamily at the declining sun Below them, toying and frisking, ran a + dreamily at the declining sun. Below them, toying and frisking, ran a stream. In one place it discharged itself into a broad pool, in another it hurried along in a narrow thread, in a third it slackened its pace to a sudden mood of reverie, and, barely gliding over the stones, threw out on @@ -2166,7 +2164,7 @@ a given measure of electricity. But of terrible and destructive storms that country can shew no record. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Namely, that, should thunder occur on that day, the whole of the ensuing year will be prosperous, since the peals represent the saint’s passage to heaven. @@ -2296,14 +2294,14 @@ of lax-payment and fits of laziness and lethargy; but these press upon them but lightly, and occasion no real stirring of the blood. Indeed, during the past five years not a single soul of that local population of - hundreds has died either a violent death or a natural. Even should a mar + hundreds has died either a violent death or a natural. Even should a man or a woman expire of old age or a senile disease, it is not long before the rest have got ever their astonishment at the unusual occurrence. In the same way, after the trader Tarass had come near to steaming himself to death in his hut, and had had to be revived with cold water, the affair caused scarcely any stir in the neighbourhood. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * As distinguished from the black universe, the unknown. </pre> <p> @@ -2607,7 +2605,7 @@ pickling and a baking would sometimes take place, and what mead and <i>kvass</i> * were there not brewed, and what pies were there not compounded! </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * A liquor made from fermented bread crusts or fruit. </pre> <p> @@ -2620,7 +2618,7 @@ poultry-run an added amount of cackling and of bloodshed took place. Likewise, on such days there was baked a gigantic pie, which was eaten by the gentry on the same and the following days, and by the maids on the - third and fourth; after which, should it survive to the fifth clay, the + third and fourth; after which, should it survive to the fifth day, the last stale remnants, devoid of stuffing, were given, as a special favour, to Antip, who, crossing himself, undauntedly attacked the rock-hard fragments—though it was in the thought that it had recently been the @@ -2633,7 +2631,7 @@ that, after mornings thus usefully and busily spent, there ensued noon and dinner. On the present occasion noontide was sultry, and not a cloud was in the sky. Indeed, the sun seemed to be standing still to scorch the - grass, and the ah to have ceased to circulate—to be hanging without + grass, and the air to have ceased to circulate—to be hanging without the slightest movement. Neither from tree nor lake could the faintest rustle be heard, and over the village and the countryside there hung an unbroken stillness, as though everything in them were dead. Only from afar @@ -2651,7 +2649,7 @@ out beneath a bush by the side of his plot, and the coachman in the stable. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * The zazhen = six English feet. </pre> <p> @@ -2785,7 +2783,7 @@ The songs of birds grew fainter, then ceased altogether, save for one persistent singer which, as though disagreeing with its fellows, continued to break the silence with intermittent warbling. Presently it too took to - uttering its song at rarer intervals, ana to whistling with’ more feeble + uttering its song at rarer intervals, and to whistling with’ more feeble insistence; until finally it breathed a last soft-drawn note, gave a flutter or two which gently stirred the foliage around it, and—fell asleep. @@ -3448,7 +3446,7 @@ stove-couch or stove could a hand be laid without danger of that hand being blistered. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Due to the fumes of the charcoal used for heating purposes. </pre> @@ -3631,7 +3629,7 @@ small landowner who happened to be present, “is that they may wheedle more money out of us <i>dvoriané</i>.” * </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Squires, or gentry </pre> <p> @@ -3653,7 +3651,7 @@ one gets nothing but soup, roast, and cabbage, for tea only cold meat, and for supper <i>morgen fri</i>.” * </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * German black pudding. </pre> <p> @@ -3692,7 +3690,7 @@ little Ilya had obtained some sort of a certificate to the effect that he had been through “a course of the arts and sciences.” </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Week of the Dead. </pre> <p> @@ -3756,11 +3754,11 @@ the snow! </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> <p> Entering quietly, Zakhar tried to arouse the sleeper, but failed. Suddenly @@ -3772,27 +3770,27 @@ newcomer. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_PART2" id="link2H_PART2"> </a> + <a id="link2H_PART2"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> PART II </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0009" id="link2H_4_0009"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0009"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> I @@ -3878,7 +3876,7 @@ peasant is poor or rich. Walk the fields, attend the local elections, visit the mills, and linger by the river wharves.” </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * The disease of Oblomovka. See later. </pre> <p> @@ -3897,7 +3895,7 @@ insert his foot into a slipper, sat down again. </p> <p> - Two weeks later Schtoltz departed for, England, after exacting from + Two weeks later Schtoltz departed for England, after exacting from Oblomov a pledge to join him later in Paris. Oblomov even went to the length of procuring a passport, ordering an expensive travelling coat, and purchasing a cap. The furniture of the flat was to be removed to the @@ -4038,7 +4036,7 @@ “Yes, very.” </p> <p> - He looked at her. A smile wras hovering on her face, and illuminating her + He looked at her. A smile was hovering on her face, and illuminating her eyes, and gradually spreading over her cheeks. Only her lips remained as pressed together as usual. He lacked the spirit to continue his lies calmly. @@ -4085,7 +4083,7 @@ her face was smiling. </p> <p> - “I must be very, careful with her,” he refleted. + “I must be very careful with her,” he reflected. </p> <p> “What <i>do</i> you read?” she asked with seeming curiosity. @@ -4365,14 +4363,14 @@ down, and her breast rising and falling tumultuously. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0010" id="link2H_4_0010"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0010"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> II @@ -4521,14 +4519,14 @@ question, and his gaze more and more suffused with radiance. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0011" id="link2H_4_0011"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0011"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> III @@ -4654,7 +4652,7 @@ though calling to its mate), and a couple of butterflies were tumbling through the air in a giddy, fluttering, intricate movement which resembled a waltz. Everywhere from the herbage strong scents could be detected - arising; everywhere there could be beard a ceaseless chirping and + arising; everywhere there could be heard a ceaseless chirping and twittering. </p> <p> @@ -4773,27 +4771,27 @@ nothing terrible can fall to my lot.” </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_PART3" id="link2H_PART3"> </a> + <a id="link2H_PART3"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> PART III </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0013" id="link2H_4_0013"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0013"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> I @@ -4933,7 +4931,7 @@ is nobody to cook it.” With which he withdrew. </p> <p> - ‘Tarantiev locked about him, and, perceiving Oblomov to be possessed both + ‘Tarantiev looked about him, and, perceiving Oblomov to be possessed both of a hat and a cap, attempted unsuccessfully to borrow the former for the remainder of the summer, and then took his leave. </p> @@ -4956,7 +4954,7 @@ the laying out of roads, an endless transaction of business with peasants, a number of improvements, harvests, and so forth, the frequent spectacle of the bailiff’s anxious face, elections to the council of nobles, and - sundry sittings on the local bench,” Somewhere he could see Olga beaming + sundry sittings on the local bench.” Somewhere he could see Olga beaming upon him, and singing <i>Casta Diva</i>, and then giving him a hasty kiss before he went forth to work, or to the town, or to interview the bailiff. Guests would call (a no very comforting prospect!), and they would talk @@ -4967,7 +4965,7 @@ be lived as though it, and it alone, constituted existence. At least it would be an existence that would find favour with Schtoltz! </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Ells. </pre> <p> @@ -5026,14 +5024,14 @@ as though the two had conspired to live life at top speed.” </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0014" id="link2H_4_0014"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0014"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> II @@ -5085,7 +5083,7 @@ to meet me. The scene will remind us of our park in the country.” She added this last with a quiver of emotion. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * A public park in Petrograd </pre> <p> @@ -5136,7 +5134,7 @@ suppressed voice. </p> <p> - “The Lord bless its all and protect us!” Zakhar ejaculated, backing + “The Lord bless us all and protect us!” Zakhar ejaculated, backing towards the door. “Who told me about it? Why, the Ilyinskis’ servants, this very summer.” </p> @@ -5227,7 +5225,7 @@ there not have been the cost of a carriage, and of a cook, and so forth? How could I possibly have paid for it all?” </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> * Bridegroom to-be. </pre> <p> @@ -5410,14 +5408,14 @@ She turned to go home. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0015" id="link2H_4_0015"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0015"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> III @@ -5490,7 +5488,7 @@ </p> <p> “He is sick,” was that thought. “He is lonely and ill, and unable even to - write.” So much did the idea gam upon her that she passed a sleepless + write.” So much did the idea gain upon her that she passed a sleepless night, and rose pale, quiet, and determined. The same morning—it was Monday—the landlady informed Oblomov that a visitor desired to see him. @@ -5509,7 +5507,7 @@ </p> <p> “Are you quite well?” she exclaimed. “What has been the matter with you?” - With that they entered his: study. + With that they entered his study. </p> <p> “I am better now—the sore throat is almost gone,” he replied; and as @@ -5682,14 +5680,14 @@ He broke off with a sigh. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0016" id="link2H_4_0016"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0016"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> IV @@ -5912,27 +5910,27 @@ He returned no answer, for he was in a high fever. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_PART4" id="link2H_PART4"> </a> + <a id="link2H_PART4"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> PART IV </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0018" id="link2H_4_0018"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0018"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> I @@ -5950,7 +5948,7 @@ rooms. To the landlady he returned kindly, indifferent answers, and to the youngsters he gave lessons in reading and waiting, while smiling wearily, involuntarily at their playfulness. Little by little he regained his - firmer mode of life. + former mode of life. </p> <p> One day Schtoltz walked into his room. @@ -6040,18 +6038,18 @@ </p> <p> “Thank God for that!” cried Oblomov, almost with tears of joy. “Oh, I am - so glad, Schtollz! Pray let me embrace you, and then let us drink to her + so glad, Schtoltz! Pray let me embrace you, and then let us drink to her happiness!” </p> <p> - “But why are you hidden away in this corner?” asked Sehtoltz after a + “But why are you hidden away in this corner?” asked Schtoltz after a pause. </p> <p> “Because it is quiet here—there is no one to disturb me.” </p> <p> - “I suppose so,” retorted Sehtoltz. “In fact, you have here—well, + “I suppose so,” retorted Schtoltz. “In fact, you have here—well, Oblomovka over again, only worse.” He glanced about him. “And how are you now?” </p> @@ -6087,7 +6085,7 @@ “Even at this moment I—I——” He pointed to his heart. </p> <p> - “What does it contain?” asked Sehtoltz. “Love?” + “What does it contain?” asked Schtoltz. “Love?” </p> <p> “No, shame and sorrow. Ah, life, life!” @@ -6267,7 +6265,7 @@ Oblomov remained silent. </p> <p> - “What? You have <i>not</i> read them?” exclaimed Schtollz, aghast. “Then + “What? You have <i>not</i> read them?” exclaimed Schtoltz, aghast. “Then where are they?” </p> <p> @@ -6362,7 +6360,7 @@ passed her life in admiring review than she would find herself relapsing into a meditative mood. What a curious person she was!—a person who, in proportion as her felicity became more, complete, plunged ever deeper - and deeper into a brooding over the past! Delving mto the recesses of her + and deeper into a brooding over the past! Delving into the recesses of her own mind, she began to realize that this peaceful existence, this halting at various stages of felicity, annoyed her. However, with an effort of will she shook her soul clear of this despondency, and quickened her steps @@ -6377,7 +6375,7 @@ efforts to slough these phases of torpor and of spiritual coma, a dream of happiness other than the present used to steal upon her, and wrap her in a haze of inertia, and cause her whole being to halt, as for a rest from the - exertions of lire. Again, to this mood there would succeed a phase of + exertions of life. Again, to this mood there would succeed a phase of torture and weariness and apprehension—a phase of dull sorrowfulness which kept asking itself dim, indefinite questions and ceaselessly pondering upon them. And as she listened to those questions she would @@ -6430,14 +6428,14 @@ confession to a priest. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0019" id="link2H_4_0019"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0019"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> II @@ -6564,7 +6562,7 @@ pardon for what she termed her “folly.” He questioned her as to her symptoms as a physician might have done, and, in return, she described to him her dull self-interrogations, her confusion of soul. Meanwhile - Schtollz paced the avenue with his head on his breast and his mind filled + Schtoltz paced the avenue with his head on his breast and his mind filled with doubt and anxiety—anxiety at the fact that he so little understood his wife. At length she, in her turn, drew him into the light of the moon, and gazed inquiringly into his eyes. @@ -6662,7 +6660,7 @@ </p> <p> “They are a spur to encourage a weak, groping intellect which has lacked - full preparation. True, such depression and selfquestionings have caused + full preparation. True, such depression and self-questionings have caused many to lose their senses; but to others they seem mere formless visions, a mere fever of the brain.” </p> @@ -6752,7 +6750,7 @@ have spoken, and therefore you must husband your strength.” </p> <p> - Schtoitz uttered these words softly, and almost as though he were speaking + Schtoltz uttered these words softly, and almost as though he were speaking to himself. And in the words was a note of despondency which seemed to say that already he could see approaching her “sorrows” and “travail.” </p> @@ -6770,7 +6768,7 @@ leisured and protected, that was no longer to be passed amid plenty, that was no longer to be spent alone with him. In that sphere she could descry only a long sequence of losses and privations, with copious tears, strict - asceticism, involuntary, renunciation of whims born of hours of ease, and + asceticism, involuntary renunciation of whims born of hours of ease, and new and unwonted sensations which should call forth from her cries of pain and disappointment. Yes, in that vision she saw before her only sickness, material ruin, the loss of her husband, and... @@ -6798,11 +6796,11 @@ but clear, inspiring but definite.... </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> <p> Her husband’s calm, assured reasoning, added to her own implicit @@ -6900,7 +6898,7 @@ divined aright?” </p> <p> - She said nothing: her eyes were fixed intently upon her work. Ar length + She said nothing: her eyes were fixed intently upon her work. At length she arose, ran to her husband, gazed into his eyes for a moment as she embraced him, and let her head sink forward upon his shoulder. During those few moments there had arisen to her memory Oblomov’s kindly, pensive @@ -6924,14 +6922,14 @@ murmured. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0020" id="link2H_4_0020"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0020"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> III @@ -6994,7 +6992,7 @@ rather than to a human habitation was rendered the more complete. Whenever Zakhar surprised in his den the mistress of the house (come thither to plan a cleaning or various improvements) he explained to her, in forcible - tenns, that it was not a woman’s business to sweep out a place where + terms, that it was not a woman’s business to sweep out a place where faggots, blacking, and boots ought to lie, and that it mattered not a jot that clothes should be tossed in a heap on the floor, or that the bed in the stove corner had become overspread with dust, seeing that it was he, @@ -7024,7 +7022,7 @@ clean and fresh. The old stuff curtains had disappeared, and the doors and windows of the drawing-room and the study were hung with blue and green drapery and muslin curtains—the work of Agafia Matvievna’s own - hands. Indeed, for days at a time Oblomov, prone upon his sola, had + hands. Indeed, for days at a time Oblomov, prone upon his sofa, had watched her bare elbows flicker to and fro as she plied needle and thread; nor had he once gone to sleep to the sound of thread being alternately inserted and bitten off, as had been his custom in the old days at @@ -7082,7 +7080,7 @@ escaping life, in driving a bargain with it, and ensuring to himself an inviolable seclusion. Inwardly he congratulated himself on having left behind him the irksome, irritating demands and menaces cf mundane - existence—on having placed a great distance Between himself and the + existence—on having placed a great distance between himself and the horizon where there may be seen flashing the lightning-bolts of keen pleasure, and whence come the thunderpeals of sudden affliction, and where flicker the false hopes and the splendid visions of average happiness, and @@ -7287,7 +7285,7 @@ had reached his face, and grasped him firmly by the nose. </p> <p> - “Hi! Hullo I Who is that?” cried Oblomov uneasily as he opened his eyes. + “Hi! Hullo! Who is that?” cried Oblomov uneasily as he opened his eyes. </p> <p> “You had gone to sleep, so Andriusha climbed on to the sofa and awoke @@ -7369,14 +7367,14 @@ to manhood, and no longer a little boy!... </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0021" id="link2H_4_0021"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0021"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> IV @@ -7445,7 +7443,7 @@ “Because I <i>am</i> sure.” </p> <p> - Again Schtoitz eyed him closely, then became thoughtful, and started to + Again Schtoltz eyed him closely, then became thoughtful, and started to pace the room. </p> <p> @@ -7506,7 +7504,7 @@ </p> <p> “Remain here, and you are lost,” said Schtoltz. “This house, that woman, - this way of living?—I tell you the thing cannot be Let us go.” + this way of living?—I tell you the thing cannot be. Let us go.” </p> <p> He caught Oblomov by the sleeve, and started to drag him towards the door. @@ -7597,7 +7595,7 @@ “Yes,” whispered Oblomov. </p> <p> - Schtoltz stepped, back a pace or two. + Schtoltz stepped back a pace or two. </p> <p> “Can this really be you, Ilya?” he exclaimed reproachfully. “Do you really @@ -7651,7 +7649,7 @@ a railway-station, and that your peasantry are clearing away the rubbish there, and that before long an iron road will be carrying your grain to the wharves, and that already local schools have been built. Such a dawn - of good fortune would merely affright you; it would merely cause you: + of good fortune would merely affright you; it would merely cause your unaccustomed eyes to smart. Yet along the road which you could not tread I will lead your little Andrei; and with him I will put into practice those theories whereof you and I used to dream in the days of our youth. @@ -7662,7 +7660,7 @@ “What do you say?” asked Olga with a beating heart. </p> <p> - “Nothing,” Schtollz answered dryly and abruptly. + “Nothing,” Schtoltz answered dryly and abruptly. </p> <p> “Is he alive and well?” @@ -7692,14 +7690,14 @@ questions. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0022" id="link2H_4_0022"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0022"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> V @@ -7863,14 +7861,14 @@ I will continue to live as I have always done.” </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0023" id="link2H_4_0023"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0023"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> VI @@ -7945,7 +7943,7 @@ <p> “The Lord Himself has permitted a poor lost wretch to see a joyful day!” he said, half-laughing, half-crying. 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