Christian Cynosure . thatit could be hidden in a quarter of an hourin a large clothes press standing in a cor-ner. They explained to me the mechan-ism of the work, and smilingly told meof some little artifices which they em-ployed to divert the suspicion of thedvornik who came every day with water,wood, etc. The system adopted was notthat of not allowing him to enter, butprecisely the reverse. Under various pre- texts, they made him see the whole of therooms as often as possible, having first re-moved everything which could excite sus-picion. When tliese pretexts failed, otherswere invented. B
Christian Cynosure . thatit could be hidden in a quarter of an hourin a large clothes press standing in a cor-ner. They explained to me the mechan-ism of the work, and smilingly told meof some little artifices which they em-ployed to divert the suspicion of thedvornik who came every day with water,wood, etc. The system adopted was notthat of not allowing him to enter, butprecisely the reverse. Under various pre- texts, they made him see the whole of therooms as often as possible, having first re-moved everything which could excite sus-picion. When tliese pretexts failed, otherswere invented. Being unable to find a•plausible reason for liim to enter the innerroom, Mme. Krilott one day went and toldhim there was a rat there which must bekilled. The dvoniik went, and certainlyfound nothing; but the trick was had seen the whole of the rooms, andcould bear testimony that there was abso-lutely nothing suspicious in them. Oncea month, they invariably had people in toclean the floors of all the
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