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"You are very, very absurd," repeated Darya Alexandrovna, looking

with tenderness into his face. "Very well then, let it be as

though we had not spoken of this. What have you come for, Tanya?"

she said in French to the little girl who had come in.

"Where's my spade, mamma?"

"I speak French, and you must too."

The little girl tried to say it in French, but could not remember

the French for spade; the mother prompted her, and then told her

in French where to look for the spade. And this made a

disagreeable impression on Levin.