49/78 She clutched his arms above the elbow and looked intently into his face. There was terror in her expression. There was some commotion in all our company. The lady from our carriage, probably intending to relieve the situation, loudly and shrilly asked the saint for the third time, with an affected smile: "Well, Semyon Yakovlevitch, won't you utter some saying for me? The words were uttered savagely, and with horrifying distinctness. |