‘Now we have the harvest to get in.’

‘Have you seen Lukashka’s new horse?’ asked the old woman. ‘That which Dmitri Andreich Olenin gave him is gone — he’s exchanged it.’

‘No, I have not; but I spoke with the servant to-day,’ said the cornet, ‘and he said his master has again received a thousand rubles.

’

‘Rolling in riches, in short,’ said the old woman.

The whole family felt cheerful and contented.

The work was progressing successfully. The grapes were more abundant and finer than they had expected.

After dinner Maryanka threw some grass to the oxen, folded her