Page:Leo Tolstoi - Life Is Worth Living and Other Stories - tr. Adolphus Norraikow (1892).djvu/124

 Rh Elissey, and he should go forward, then we will surely lose each other. I had better continue my journey, for perhaps we may meet at the lodging-house during the night."

When Euthymus reached the next village he gave the police a description of his comrade, requesting that he be directed to the house at which Euthymus was staying for the night. Elissey, however, not making his appearance, his friend the next day proceeded alone on his travels. He inquired from all whom he met on the way if they had seen an old man with a bald head, but the answer was invariably in the negative. So Euthymus continued his journey in the hope that he and Elissey might possibly meet either in Odessa or on the ship, and he ceased to worry about the absence of his comrade.

Where Euthymus secured his next night's lodging he fell in with a long-haired traveller, who was dressed in a calotte and under-cassock. He had visited Athos twice and was now on his