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If a woman can keep up half-an-hour's conversation, it's always a hopeful sign. But I'm going, all the same.' 'It won't be very easy for you to break it to them. They are always making plans for what we are to do in a fortnight's time.' 'No; it won't be easy. Some demon drove me to tease my father to-day; he had one of his rent-paying peasants flogged the other day, and quite right too--yes, yes, you needn't look at me in such horror--he did quite right, because he's an awful thief and drunkard; only my father had no idea that I, as they say, was cognisant of the facts. He was greatly perturbed, and now I shall have to upset him more than ever.... Never mind! Never say die! He'll get over it!' Bazarov said, 'Never mind'; but the whole day passed before he could make up his mind to inform Vassily Ivanovitch of his intentions. At last, when he was just saying good-night to him in the study, he observed, with a feigned yawn-- 'Oh ... I was almost forgetting to tell you.... Send to Fedot's for our horses to-morrow.' Vassily Ivanovitch was dumbfounded. 'Is Mr. Kirsanov leaving us, then?' 'Yes; and I'm going with him.' Vassily Ivanovitch positively reeled. 'You are going?' 'Yes ... I must. Make the arrangements about the horses, please.' 'Very good....' faltered the old man; 'to Fedot's ... very good ... only ... only.... How is it?' 'I must go to stay with him for a little time. I will come back again later.' 'Ah! For a little time ... very good.' Vassily Ivanovitch drew out his handkerchief, and, blowing his nose, doubled up almost to the ground. 'Well ... everything shall be done. I had thought you were to be with us ... a little longer. Three days.... After three years, it's rather little; rather little, Yevgeny!' 'But, I tell you, I'm coming back directly. It's necessary for me to go.' 'Necessary.... Well! Duty before everything. So the horses shall be in readiness. Very good. Arina and I, of course, did not anticipate this. She has just begged some flowers from a neighbour; she meant to decorate the room for you.' (Vassily Ivanovitch did not even mention that every morning almost at dawn he took counsel with Timofeitch, standing with his bare feet in his slippers, and pulling out with trembling fingers one dog's-eared rouble note after another, charged him with various purchases, with special reference to good things to eat, and to red wine, which, as far as he could observe, the young men
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