“Susannah Raitzina!” the doctor finally called out.
No one walked up to the table.
All the inmates of the house began to exchange glances and to whisper.
“Jennka ... Where’s Jennka? ...”
But she was not among the girls.
Then Tamara, just released by the doctor, moved a little forward and said:
“She isn’t here. She hasn’t had a chance to get herself ready yet. Excuse me, Mr. Doctor, I’ll go right away and call her.”
She ran into the corridor and did not return for a long time. After her went, at first Emma Edwardovna, then Zociya, several girls, and even Anna Markovna herself.
“PFUI! What indecency is this! ...” the majestic Emma Edwardovna was saying in the corridor, making an indignant face. “And eternally this Jennka! ... Always this Jennka! ... It seems my patience has already burst ...”
But Jennka was nowhere—neither in her room, nor in Tamara’s. They looked into other chambers, in all the out-of-the-way corners ... But she did not prove to be even there.