“Oh, no, I’m not at all busy,” answered Varenka, but at that moment she had to leave her new friends because two little Russian girls, children of an invalid, ran up to her.
“Varenka, mamma’s calling!” they cried.
And Varenka went after them.
The particulars which the princess had learned in regard to Varenka’s past and her relations with Madame Stahl were as follows: