Lame dogs find a warm home in Russia.

But did she know anything about him?
Would she not, in a week, be irritated by his incapacity?
And he--he--bless his innocence!--was so confident as though he had been married to her for years! "Look here!" I said, moved by a sudden impulse.

"Will you mind if, sometimes, I tell you things?
I've been to the war before.

It's a strange life, unlike anything you've ever known--and Russians too are strange--especially at first.

You won't take it badly, if--" He touched my arm with his hand while his whole face was lighted with his smile.