Raina
explains to ‘The Man’ why she will give him refuge. Give her reasons
When Raina had decided for the second time to save 'The Man' and when he had asked her "how is it to be done?" Raina had challenged the man to "trust to our hospitality", that is the hospitality of her mother and herself. She went on to try and make him understand why her mother and herself would give refuge to a soldier from a foreign army - an army with which they were at war.
Her first reason was they were not usual Bulgarian household. They were the family of the Petkoff's, "the richest and best known" family in Bulgaria.
The second reason was that her father held the "highest command of any Bulgarian" in the Bulgarian army and that he was a Major. In her opinion this added weight to the stature of the Petkoff family as they would be well known and well respected in the Bulgarian nation and no one would doubt the loyalty of the family to the nation.
Thirdly, she points out that they lived in a house which stood out from the rest - it was "the only private house that has two rows of windows", meaning that they had a ground and first floor bungalow. She empathizes that the house has a stairs "inside" the house - meaning that they had very spacious accommodation for the one family. The description emphasizes that their riches enabled them to have a level of comfort not enjoyed by others - they were exceptional !
She goes on to add that they were the only family in the whole of Bulgaria to have a library in their home. She hoped to impress on the man the culture of the family. She stressed this further saying that they were civilized and cultured above the rest of the "ignorant country folk" as they used to visit Bucharest every year for the opera season and that she had spent a whole month in Vienna - Europe's cultural capital.
She said that she learnt that any guest to their house was sacred, from the opera of Ernani. She told the story of how Ernani, "flying from his foes", took refuge in the castle "of his bitterest enemy" - an old Castilian noble. The nobleman refused to give him up even though they were the bitterest of enemies, because "his guest is sacred to him".
Raina, thus explains her unusual behavior in giving the man refuge and vouches that her mother and herself would look on any person who sought refuge in their home in the same manner.
While the above reasoning seems far fetched, it is the reason Raina gives at this time. However, she is either not conscious or does not want to admit that she has already been drawn in her affections for the Man and that is the real reason for giving him refuge.
When Raina had decided for the second time to save 'The Man' and when he had asked her "how is it to be done?" Raina had challenged the man to "trust to our hospitality", that is the hospitality of her mother and herself. She went on to try and make him understand why her mother and herself would give refuge to a soldier from a foreign army - an army with which they were at war.
Her first reason was they were not usual Bulgarian household. They were the family of the Petkoff's, "the richest and best known" family in Bulgaria.
The second reason was that her father held the "highest command of any Bulgarian" in the Bulgarian army and that he was a Major. In her opinion this added weight to the stature of the Petkoff family as they would be well known and well respected in the Bulgarian nation and no one would doubt the loyalty of the family to the nation.
Thirdly, she points out that they lived in a house which stood out from the rest - it was "the only private house that has two rows of windows", meaning that they had a ground and first floor bungalow. She empathizes that the house has a stairs "inside" the house - meaning that they had very spacious accommodation for the one family. The description emphasizes that their riches enabled them to have a level of comfort not enjoyed by others - they were exceptional !
She goes on to add that they were the only family in the whole of Bulgaria to have a library in their home. She hoped to impress on the man the culture of the family. She stressed this further saying that they were civilized and cultured above the rest of the "ignorant country folk" as they used to visit Bucharest every year for the opera season and that she had spent a whole month in Vienna - Europe's cultural capital.
She said that she learnt that any guest to their house was sacred, from the opera of Ernani. She told the story of how Ernani, "flying from his foes", took refuge in the castle "of his bitterest enemy" - an old Castilian noble. The nobleman refused to give him up even though they were the bitterest of enemies, because "his guest is sacred to him".
Raina, thus explains her unusual behavior in giving the man refuge and vouches that her mother and herself would look on any person who sought refuge in their home in the same manner.
While the above reasoning seems far fetched, it is the reason Raina gives at this time. However, she is either not conscious or does not want to admit that she has already been drawn in her affections for the Man and that is the real reason for giving him refuge.
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