. The Siberian exiles. A novel . t^^. A PLOT TO ESCAPE. 75 effect in drying- the sufferers tears than anything that ad been said before. In a little while he was able totalk calmly upon their situation. Ive worn the chains before, said Dubayeff, andbecome accustomed to them. When they were firstplaced on me, I felt as you do, and was ready to dierather than bear those marks of degradation. But Ifound that other men by the hundred and thousand, noworse than I, had worn chains and were wearing themyet ; so I reasoned that they were badges of honorrather than otherwise, and I would rather stand i
. The Siberian exiles. A novel . t^^. A PLOT TO ESCAPE. 75 effect in drying- the sufferers tears than anything that ad been said before. In a little while he was able totalk calmly upon their situation. Ive worn the chains before, said Dubayeff, andbecome accustomed to them. When they were firstplaced on me, I felt as you do, and was ready to dierather than bear those marks of degradation. But Ifound that other men by the hundred and thousand, noworse than I, had worn chains and were wearing themyet ; so I reasoned that they were badges of honorrather than otherwise, and I would rather stand in fet-ters as I stand to-day, than be the honored guest of theemperor who can sit calmly down to his banquets whileso many men and women are dragging put their livesin poverty and sufferi: g, solely because of his autocraticwill. The conversation was interrupted by id brodyag,*or vagabond, who had just been ironed. He crept up toPushkins side, and, at the pause which followed the lastwords of Dubayeff, the brodyag said in a low whisp
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