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Silence part 10
Father Ignatius` shoulders shivered, and he lowered his eyes upon the grave of Vera. He gazed long upon the little tufts of grass uprooted...
Silence part 9
Father Ignatius, gazing out of his dilated eyes, as if there had arisen Nuddenly before him the frightful phantom of the mutilated corpse, lowly...
Silence part 8
A bright streak of moonlight fell on the windowsill, and on the floor, and, reflected by the white, carefully washed boards, cast a dim...
Silence part 7
Her eyes were silent, and Father Ignatius raising his voice, spoke Btemly and powerfully, as he was accustomed to speak with penitents:
“I am aware...
Silence part 6
Continuous and cold as the grave, and mysterious as death, was the silence of his daughter. The silence itself seemed to share this suffering...
Silence part 5
From the day of the funeral silence reigned in the little house. It was not stillness, for stillness is merely the absence of sounds;...
Silence part 4
And thus, hard and erect, Father Ignatius reached the burial ground, and in the same manner he returned. Only at the door of his...
Silence part 3
From that day Father Ignatius ceased to speak with his daughter, but she seemed not to notice it. As before she lay in her...
Silence part 2
“And I…” The dry voice trembled, truly something had broken in it. “And I… do you think I find it easy? As if I...
Silence part 1
Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919)
Born in 1871 at Orel, Andreyev struggled for many years to earn a livelihood as a lawyer. He began writing in 1900,...
