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Мазурка клонилась к концу: несколько пожилых мужчин и дам подходили прощаться с бабушкой и уезжали; лакеи, избегая танцующих, осторожно проносили приборы в задние комнаты; бабушка заметно устала, говорила как бы нехотя и очень протяжно, музыканты в тридцатый раз лениво начинали тот же мотив. Большая девица, с которой я танцевал, делая фигуру, заметила меня и, предательски улыбнувшись, — должно быть, желая тем угодить бабушке, — подвела ко мне Сонечку и одну из бесчисленных княжен. «Rose ou hortie?»[42] — сказала она мне.
The mazurka came to an end, and already some of the guests were saying good–bye to Grandmamma. She was evidently tired, yet she assured them that she felt vexed at their early departure. Servants were gliding about with plates and trays among the dancers, and the musicians were carelessly playing the same tune for about the thirteenth time in succession, when the young lady whom I had danced with before, and who was just about to join in another mazurka, caught sight of me, and, with a kindly smile, led me to Sonetchka And one of the innumerable Kornakoff princesses, at the same time asking me, "Rose or Hortie?"
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