Collage 320

Without the marshalship, he did not have to have such large receptions, and life in Otradnoe took a quieter course than in former years, but still, the huge house and wing were full of people, and, as before, more than twenty sat down at table. These were all people who had been accustomed to the house, almost members of the family, or such as, it seemed, had necessarily to live in the count's house. These were the musician Dimmler and his wife, the dancing master Iogel and his family, the old maiden lady Belov, who lived in the house, and many others as well: Petya's teachers, the girls' former governess, and simply people who for some reason found it better or more advantageous to live in the count's house than in their own.

p. 515 in P/V

Lynn Waskelis
from page 647-648 of original text
collage, wax, acrylic ink
made 1/7/11
page 514-516 Pevear/Volokhonsky translation