She grew up in comfort and warmth, she was coddled and indulged in everything she desired--and now she walks four miles at night all by herself." The mother was shocked.

She stood in the middle of the room, and looked mutely at her son.

Then she asked quietly: "Is she going to the city ?" "Yes." "And is she not afraid ?" "No," said Pavel smiling.
"Why did she go?
She could have stayed here overnight, and slept with me." "That wouldn't do.

She might have been seen here to-morrow morning, and we don't want that; nor does she." The mother recollected her previous anxieties, looked thoughtfully through the window, and asked: "I cannot understand, Pasha, what there is dangerous in all this, or illegal.

Why, you are not doing anything bad, are you ?" She was not quite assured of the safety and propriety of his conduct, and was eager for a confirmation from her son.