of his life, and was going to question him in turn, when their

attention was aroused by a student and a veiled lady, who drove

up in a trap, with rubber tyres, drawn by a large thoroughbred

horse. The student was holding a large bundle. He came up to

Nekhludoff, and asked if and how he could give the rolls he had

brought in alms to the prisoners. His fiancee wished it (this

lady was his fiancee), and her parents had advised them to take

"I myself am here for the first time," said Nekhludoff, "and