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Clay S. JenkinsonClay S. Jenkinson is an American humanities scholar and author who first achieved fame for his portrayal of Thomas Jefferson. As co-founder of the modern Chautauqua movement, Jenkinson has also portrayed Sir Francis Bacon, Jonathan Swift, J. Robert Oppenheimer, John Wesley Powell, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Meriwether Lewis [1] (http://www.th-jefferson.org/html/body_characters.html).
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voluntarily. And that Nikita who burst the drums of his ears purposely, out on
out to be a scoundrel of the worst kind--a traitor himself, a betrayer--a spy!
deceived for half a day passes my comprehension!"
She interrupted me.
"There! There! Don't talk of it. The first time I saw him, I, too, was
mustn't mind his appearance.' And then he was always ready to kill. There was
a very queer tale. It went that Councillor Mikulin, travelling in Germany
Ivanovitch in a railway carriage. Being alone in the compartment, these two
gave a hint to the Arch-Revolutionist as to the true character of the
that particular agent of his own! He might have grown tired of him, or
sinister Nikita from his predecessor in office.
And this story, too, I received without comment in my character of a mute
But I permitted myself a question--
"Tell me, please, Sophia Antonovna, did Madame de S--- leave all her fortune to
"She died without making a will. A lot of nephews and nieces came down from
themselves. All beastly Kammerherrs and Maids of Honour--abominable court
peasant girl."
I was truly astonished.
"What! On the Riviera?"
"What nonsense! Of course not."
Sophia Antonovna's tone was slightly tart.
"Is he, then, living actually in Russia? It's a tremendous risk--isn't it?" I
wrong of him?"
Sophia Antonovna preserved a mysterious silence
simply adores her."
"Does he? Well, then, I hope that she won't
as though she had not heard a word of my impious
her, she turned round for an instant, and
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