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 1        I,  III |        of the same name; and his mother, Marfa Strogoff, lived there
 2        I,  III |     which he entertained for his mother, the aged Marfa, who could
 3        I,  III |      failed to devote to his old mother. Having been much employed
 4        I,  III |         What relations?”~“My old mother.”~The Czar suspended his
 5        I,  III |             If thou dost see thy mother, there will be the risk
 6        I,  VIII|          name is Nadia Fedor. My mother died at Riga scarcely a
 7        I,  IX  |          to do at Omsk?”~“See my mother, who was expecting me.”~“
 8        I,  IX  |   expects me. I am taking him my mother’s last words. That is as
 9        I,  XII |          are going to rejoin our mother. Who can say whether we
10        I,  XIII|        by the Tartars, Michael’s mother, who lived there, would
11        I,  XIII|        received any news of your mother since the beginning of the
12        I,  XIII|        Nadia. The last letter my mother wrote to me contained good
13        I,  XIII|         she added:~“Perhaps your mother has been able to leave Omsk?”~“
14        I,  XIII|           Nadia, I trust that my mother has left Omsk.”~“And when
15        I,  XIII|      return.”~“If, however, your mother is still at Omsk, you will
16        I,  XIII|        no! Why, brother, if your mother is still at Omsk, for what
17        I,  XIII|      which unites the son to the mother.”~Nadia was silent, and
18        I,  XIV |                      CHAPTER XIV MOTHER AND SON~OMSK is the official
19        I,  XIV |       soldier. Possessing on his mother’s side some Mongolian blood,
20        I,  XIV |  stopping there.~“God protect my mother and Nadia!” he murmured. “
21        I,  XIV |  recognized. In the town his old mother only could have called him
22        I,  XIV |      into his ear: “My son!”~His mother, the old woman Marfa, was
23        I,  XIV |       the serious danger for his mother and himself in this unfortunate
24        I,  XIV |       move.~“Michael!” cried his mother.~“Who are you, my good lady?”
25        I,  XIV |          thou no longer know thy mother?”~“You are mistaken,” coldly
26        I,  XIV |          life to have locked his mother in his arms; but if he yielded
27        I,  XIV |       revered countenance of his mother. He drew back his hands,
28        I,  XIV |   Michael!” again cried his aged mother.~“My name is not Michael.
29        I,  XIV |           He did not see his old mother, who had fallen back almost
30        I,  XIV |       acting thus! And then, her mother’s feelings arising within
31        I,  XIV |          had first renounced his mother, and if his mother renounced
32        I,  XIV | renounced his mother, and if his mother renounced him in her turn,
33        I,  XV  |         into the presence of his mother had betrayed his incognito.
34        I,  XVI |   evidently his daughter and the mother of the poor children, kneeling
35        I,  XVI |   Siberian, who is evidently his mother,” said the deh-baschi.~At
36        I,  XVI |           And, worst of all, his mother was in the hands of the
37        I,  XVI |        threatened to torture his mother.~The conversation between
38        I,  XVI |        perhaps the safety of his mother, were at stake. He could
39       II,  I   |         added the thought of his mother, of Nadia,— the one a prisoner
40       II,  II  |     knowing it, to render to the mother those attentions which she
41       II,  II  |   prisoner like herself, was the mother of him, whom she only knew
42       II,  II  |          watched over you like a mother?”~“Yes, yes,” said Nadia. “
43       II,  II  |         Nadia. “Brother, sister, mother—he has been all to me!”~“
44       II,  II  |     murmured Marfa, shuddering.~“Mother, mother,” cried Nadia, “
45       II,  II  |      Marfa, shuddering.~“Mother, mother,” cried Nadia, “do not blame
46       II,  II  |     friend, your protector had a mother. Did he never speak to you
47       II,  II  |        never speak to you of his mother?”~“Of his mother?” said
48       II,  II  |          of his mother?”~“Of his mother?” said Nadia. “He spoke
49       II,  II  |            He spoke to me of his mother as I spoke to him of my
50       II,  II  |         he not going to see this mother, whom you say he loved,
51       II,  II  |     perhaps the last, to his old mother. All that you do not know,
52       II,  II  |          you have done for me.”~“Mother, I ask you nothing,” replied
53       II,  III |        her whom she had made her mother; and she thanked God for
54       II,  III |  therefore no suspicion that his mother and Nadia were present in
55       II,  III |           he also recognized his mother.~Feeling he could not long
56       II,  III |         with emotion. “He lives, mother! It is he!”~“It is my son,”
57       II,  III |        which a man can feel. His mother and Nadia were there!~The
58       II,  III |      looking for and joining his mother; but he knew that he must
59       II,  III |     besides sworn not to see his mother. Once at Tomsk, since he
60       II,  III |       consequences either to his mother or to himself. But he did
61       II,  III |          to look around; but the mother’s gesture as she kept back
62       II,  III |       have not seen him; but his mother betrayed herself by a gesture,
63       II,  III |         do not know him; but his mother knows him. Ivan, we must
64       II,  III |           Ivan, we must make his mother speak.”~“To-morrow she shall
65       II,  III |      knew now that Marfa was the mother of Michael Strogoff.~Ogareff
66       II,  III |   believe it possible that, when mother and son were in each other’
67       II,  III |        turn he passed before his mother, Nadia shut her eyes that
68       II,  III |      Ivan Ogareff was baffled by mother and son.~Sangarre, close
69       II,  III |      struck him, here before his mother, who was about to be struck,
70       II,  III |         the event.”~“And let his mother perish under the knout?”~“
71       II,  IV  |          a file of soldiers. His mother and Nadia were there also.~
72       II,  IV  |         justice of the Emir.~The mother and son had not been able
73       II,  IV  |        side, thought that if his mother was there, if Ogareff had
74       II,  IV  |       come to the aid of son and mother. As yet she could only wonder,
75       II,  V   |       bound behind his back. His mother overcome at last by mental
76       II,  V   |        completely failed; on his mother, on Nadia, whom he should
77       II,  V   |   Strogoff stood before him.~“My mother!” cried he. “Yes! yes! my
78       II,  V   |          before his eyes but his mother, whom his eyes seemed to
79       II,  V   |          cry was heard. His aged mother fell senseless to the ground.
80       II,  V   |          at a few paces from his mother, lying lifeless, perhaps
81       II,  V   |      towards the place where his mother had fallen. He found her
82       II,  VI  |         draw himself towards his mother, bend over her, kiss her
83       II,  IX  |          never speak to me of my mother, Nadia.”~His mother! Nadia
84       II,  IX  |        of my mother, Nadia.”~His mother! Nadia had never wished
85       II,  IX  |          had sworn not to see my mother!”~“But you did not try to
86       II,  IX  |         a son from succoring his mother!”~“I have broken my oath,
87       II,  XI  |          allowed to think of his mother, of Nadia, of himself! He
88       II,  XI  |         his arms, giving him her mother’s last words, and nothing
89       II,  XV  |          a son would gaze at his mother, when it is for the last
90       II,  XV  |        he had determined on.~His mother alone knew the truth, and
91       II,  XV  |        regret than that for your mother?”~“No,” replied Nadia, “
92       II,  XV  |          to go and see their old mother.~The young courier was received