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have obtained that from some one else. How do you 

 know who he is? How are we to know ? " 



" I believe there is no doubt about his being an 

 American. He sends his letters to America." 



" Ha, he sends letters, then ?" 



" Yes, to America." 



" What does he say in his letters, and where does he 

 send them to?" 



" I don't know what he says. He sends them to 

 New York." 



11 How often does he send away letters ; are they 

 big letters ? " 



"Yes, big letters, and he sends them whenever we 

 reach a city." 



" But what does he find to write about? what's his 

 business? is he a correspondent?" 



" He sends letters to America and he will write a 

 book about Russia. This is what he is riding through 

 the country on horseback for." 



"But you. What are you with him for? How's this?" 



" I am traveling with him to interpret for him and 

 because I wish to see the country." 



" But I can't understand it. A Russian and an 

 American traveling together in this extraordinary 

 manner. Who gave you leave to do this thing? " 



" My brother and my mother both gave their con- 

 sent. My certificate of communion and college certifi- 

 cate were both lost with my passport. You have seen 

 my passport, obtained at Orel." 



" That is not a passport ! You have nothing to prove 

 who you are ! You look more like an Italian than a 

 Russian ! " (Sascha was dark.) 



