Oulita the Serf; A Tragedy

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858. Excerpt: ... ACT II. Scene I. Hall in the Prince Lanskofs Castle. Enter the Small Wise Man in a hunting costume, with a gun. Afterwards the Princess Marie. PRINCESS. Well, small Wisey, and what are you wandering about there for in that outlandish fashion 1 SMALL WISE MAN. My little mother, I am out on a hunting excursion. Here is the gun: don't be afraid--I never put any powder in it, my little mother. It's not a real gun. But here are some real bread and cheese, and some true quass. Eating and drinking are the best part of hunting, and the only part which a wise man will have anything to do with. Have a bit, my little mother. Ah! I see you have not a sportsman's appetite. My brother sportsmen come home to-day; I am expecting them. This was our rendezvous. Hark you, my little mother; come nearer, and I'll whisper something in your ear. You will not be so simple as to let the Prince sell your pretty The Russian people must have a father or mother in all the relations of life; if there is no real father, one may be chosen in the family, --a brother, an uncle, even a perfect stranger: this is the first social link The peopla on an estate regard their landlord as father, and address him. even if only a boy, as Batiuskka (Little Father); the people cling to the Czar with the strongest attachment, addressing him likewise as Jlatiushka.--The Russian Empire. By Baron Von Haxthausen. Vol. I. cap. xiii. p. 397. singing-bird? Princess. Oulita! What do you mean, Wisey? Has my father any intention of selling Oulita? SMALL WISE MAN. No intention; but there came last night from Moscow an ugly, bearded vagabond of a merchant--a Jew, I'll swear; and this rascally, peddling, haggling vagabond wants to buy our Oulita, to bring her out in some squalling part for the Emperor's fece day;...