TherewasonecircumstancewhichstruckGrigoryparticularly, , "notfivefootwithinaweebit," asmanyofthepiousoldwomensaidpatheticallyabouther, , healthy, redfacehadalookofblankidiocyandthefixedstareinhereyeswasunpleasant, , summerandwinteralike, barefooted, , almostblackhaircurledlikelamb'swool, , andhadleaves, bitsofstick, andshavingsclingingtoit, , ahomeless, sicklydrunkard, calledIlya, , , foreveryoneinthetownwasreadytolookafterherasbeinganidiot, 'semployers, andmanyothersinthetown, especiallyofthetradespeople, triedtoclotheherbetter, , althoughsheallowedthemtodressherupwithoutresisting, sheusuallywentaway, preferablytothecathedralporch, andtakingoffallthathadbeengivenher—kerchief, sheepskin, skirtorboots—, makingatourofinspectioninourtown, sawLizaveta, , hepronouncedthatforayoungwomanoftwentytowanderaboutinnothingbutasmockwasabreachoftheproprieties, , , whichmadeherevenmoreacceptableintheeyesofthereligiouspersonsofthetown, , everyoneseemedtolikeher; eventheboysdidnotteaseher, andtheboysofourtown, especiallytheschoolboys, , , shewouldtakeit, , , , wheretherewerecostlygoodsormoneylyingabout, noonekeptwatchonher, fortheyknewthatifshesawthousandsofroublesoverlookedbythem, (therearemanyhurdlesinsteadoffencestothisdayinourtown) "athome," thatisatthehouseofherfather'sformeremployers, andinthewinterwentthereeverynight, , butshewasaccustomedtoit, and, althoughshewassotiny, , , ?
