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160 Sometimes he left his work for a moment, and raising his eyes and his hands declaimed in tones which were very tragic,—

Then again in a hundred trills and cadences he sang,—

Or similar creations of his own mind on a sudden,—

"By Mohammed! If Yosef should come, this work would go on more quickly; but he is marrying Helena at present—Ei! and as innocence is dear to me, I would fix it this way! Dear Helena, permit And what farther? Oh, the farther the better—"

All at once some one pulled the bell.

Augustinovich turned toward the door and extending his hand intoned,—

The door opened; a man young and elegantly dressed entered the room.