vingyouth."DoctorJuliusvonHartrottsaidthiswiththeself-sufficiencyofamanwhoknowseverythingandwishestobeagreeabletoaninferior,concedinghimthealmsofhisattention.Thetwocousinsconfrontedeachotherwithacurio�elfanylonger."Butnopersonwithanyintelligencebelievesanymoreinthoseantiquetheoriesofrace!Whatiftherenolongerexistedapeopleofabsolutelypureblood,owingtothousandsofadmixturesduetohistoricalconquests!"...��turntothecapital.Itwasallfalseglitter.Existenceinthecountry,surroundedbyallhisfamilyanddoinggoodtothepoorwastheonlysurething.Andtheterriblecentaurexpressedhimselfwiththeidyllictendernessandfirmvirtueo�dmitthatthepale,modestgirlwiththegreatblackeyesandsmileofchildishmischiefboretheslightestresemblancetotherespectablematronwhohadbroughtherintoexistence.ThegreatfiestaforChichawastheSundaymass.Itrepres
sintroductiontoKarlhadbeen,pretendednottounderstandhim.AstheGermanhad,bythistime,madegoodhisescape,theranchmanconsentedtobeingpushedtowardhishouse,talkingallthetimeaboutgivingabeatingtotheRomanticaand�res.Theinteriorofthehousereflectedthedifferenttastesofthetwogenerations.Thegirlshadaparlorwithafewhandsomepiecesoffurnitureplacedagainstthecrackedwalls,andsomeshowylampsthatwereneverlighted.Thefather,weremerelytranslations,someofthemordered,othersvolunteerworkforthesocialistperiodicals.Theonlymarvellousthingabouthimwasthequantityoflanguagesthatheknew."Heknowsthemall,"saidtheSpaniard,whendescribingtedovertheroofs.Thetwofriendsconjecturedhismentallaborfromhisconcentratedlook,andthelowexclamationswhichwereescapinghimliketheechoesofaninteriormonologue.Suddenlyheleapedfromthoughttowordwithoutanyfor�snoyersheappearedmoretaciturn,workingwithoutstoppingforhoursatatime.Assoonashesawthemanagerenteringtheofficehewouldleapfromhisseat,holdinghimselferectwithmilitaryprecision.Hewasalwaysreadytodoanything�
�greatsignofdistinction.Argensolatriedtocheerhimup."Whoknows?...Thisisacountryofsurprises.OnemustseetheFrenchmanwhenhetriestoremedyhiswantofforesight.Letthatbarbarianofacousinofyourssaywhathewill--therhosenamesareprefixedbyavon."HeretheSpaniardassentedasthoughhecouldguesswhatTchernoffwasgoingtosay."WeRussiansenduregreattyranny.Iknowsomethingaboutthat.IknowthehungerandcoldofSiberia....Butopposedtoouitingallthatitcontained.Likethewatersofcertainriverswhichfructifybyoverflowing,thisrecessionofthehumantidehadleftthesoilenrichedwithnewandgenerousideas."IfTHEYshouldreturn!"addedTchernoffwithalookofun�heSpaniardbitterly."Ihadtoleavetheminordernottomakemyhardluckanyworse.Tohaveworkedsolong...foranother!"Hewassilentforafewminutes,thenchangingthetrendofhisideas,headded:"Irecognize,nevertheless,thatherlookuponuswithjealousy,asdangerousbeings,becausewearethemostintelligent,themostactive,andhaveprovedourselvessuperiortoallothers....Butsincetheynolongerloveus,letthemfearus!AsmyfriendMannsays,althoughK�
