"
"And Mr.--Mr. Razumov...?"
"He remained there, of course. I suppose he went into the house after I
left him. You remember that he came here strongly recommended to Peter
Ivanovitch--possibly entrusted with important messages for him."
"Ah yes! From that priest who..."
"Father Zosim--yes. Or from others, perhaps."
"You left him, then. But have you seen him since, may I ask?"
For some time Miss Haldin made no answer to this very direct question,
then--
"I have been expecting to see him here to-day," she said quietly.
"You have! Do you meet, then, in this garden? In that case I had better
leave you at once."
"No, why leave me? And we don't meet in this garden. I have not seen Mr.
Razumov since that first time. Not once. But I have been expecting
him...."
She paused. I wondered to myself why that young revolutionist should
show so little alacrity.
"Before we parted I told Mr. Razumov that I walked here for an hour
every day at this time. I could not explain to him then why I did not
ask him to come and see us at once. Mother must be prepared for such a
visit. And then, you see, I do not know myself what Mr. Razumov has to
tell us. He, too, must be told first how it is with poor mother. All
these thoughts flashed through my mind at once. So I told him hurriedly
that there was a reason why I could not ask him to see us at home, but
that I was in the habit of walking here.
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