“It is very good of her. We have no peaches. I have put aside for her some of the tea that Borushka brought with him.”
“Many thanks.”
“How could you let your horses climb the hill in such weather? Were they terrified by the storm?”
“My horses obey me like dogs. Should I have driven Vera Vassilievna if there were any danger?”
“You are a good friend,” interrupted Vera. “I have absolute trust both in you, and in your horses.”
At this moment Raisky returned, having changed his clothes. He had noticed the glance which Vera gave Tushin, and had heard her last remark.
“Thank you, Vera Vassilievna,” answered Tushin. “Don’t forget what you have just said. If you ever need anything, if....”
“If there is another such raging storm,” said Tatiana Markovna.
“Any storm,” added Tushin firmly.
“There are other storms in life,” said Tatiana Markovna with a sigh.