"My, what a beauty! as white as sugar," said one, admiring Tanitchka, and shaking her head; "but thin..." "Yes, she has been ill.

" "And so they've been bathing you too," said another to the baby.

"No; he's only three months old," answered Darya Alexandrovna with pride.

"You don't say so!" "And have you any children?" "I've had four; I've two living--a boy and a girl.