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Groaning, the old nurse slowly ascends the steps. Sofia Alexandrovna pauses from her reading a moment and looks with fear at the old woman. Natasha gives a nervous start and turns away. Elena Kirillovna reads on calmly, without looking at the nurse.
The nurse sighs, sits down on the bench at the entrance, and asks in a monotone the one and the same question that she asks each day: