I only hope that if any other poor gentleman should ever take my place you will not make his position harder than it would naturally be, and I trust that all may be well with you." "I never meant it, Herr Graf," said Akulina, awkwardly, as she took his proffered hand.
He turned to the Cossack.
"Good-bye, Johann Schmidt, good-bye.

I shall see you again, before long.
We have always helped each other, my friend.

I have much to thank you for." "You have helped me, you mean," said the Cossack, in a rather shaky voice.
"No, no--each other, and we will continue to do so, I hope, in a different way.

Good-bye, Dumnoff.

You have a better heart than people think." "Are you not going to take me to Russia, after all ?" asked the mujik, almost humbly.
"Did I say I would?
Then you shall go.