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Nina Balatka

CHAPTER I
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She will leave no stone unturned to make you give up your Jew lover." "She may as well leave the turning of such stones alone." "But if she heard nothing of it till she heard that we were married--" "Ah! but that is impossible.

I could not do that without telling father, and father would surely tell my aunt." "You may do as you will, Nina; but it may be, when they shall know it, that therefore there may be new difficulty made about the houses.

Karil Zamenoy has the papers, which are in truth mine--or my father's--which should be here in my iron box." And Trendellsohn, as he spoke, put his hand forcibly on the seat beside him, as though the iron box to which he alluded were within his reach.
"I know they are yours," said Nina.
"Yes; and without them, should your father die, I could not claim my property.

The Zamenoys might say they held it on your behalf--and you my wife at the time! Do you see, Nina?
I could not stand that--I would not stand that." "I understand it well, Anton." "The houses are mine--or ours, rather.

Your father has long since had the money, and more than the money.


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