And may the young life play
At the entrance of the grave,
And Nature the indifferent
With beauty beam forever!
_Note of the Editor._--Under this last line there is the profile of
a head with a large crest-curl and moustache, with eyes _en face_,
and ray-like eyelashes; and under the head some one has written the
following words:
The abov manuscript has been read
And the Contints Thereof Bin Approved
By Pyetr Zudotyéshin
M M M M
Dear Sir
Pyetr Zudotyéshin.
My Dear Sir.
But as the chirography of these lines does not in the least agree
with the chirography in which the remainder of the note-book is
written, the editor considers himself justified in concluding that
the above-mentioned lines were added afterward by another person;
the more so, as it has come to his (the editor's) knowledge that
Mr. Tchulkatúrin really did die on the night of April 1-2, 18.., in
his natal estate--Ovétchi Vódy.