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A vet. belongs to the stallion class of people.

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Consultation.

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The sun shines and in my soul is darkness.

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In S. I made the acquaintance of the barrister Z.--a sort of Nika, The
Fair ... He has several children; with all of them he is magisterial,
gentle, kind, not a single rude word; I soon learn that he has another
family. Then he invites me to his daughter's wedding; he prays, makes
a genuflection, and says: "I still preserve religious feeling; I am
a believer." And when in his presence people speak of education, of
women, he has a naive expression, exactly as if he did not understand.
When he makes a speech in Court, his face looks as if he were praying.

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"Mammy, don't show yourself to the guests, you are very fat."

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Love? In love? Never! I am a Government clerk.

* * * * *

He knows little, even as a babe who has not yet come out of his
mother's womb.

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From childhood until extreme old age N. has had a passion for spying.

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He uses clever words, that's all--philosophy ... equator ... (for a
play).

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The stars have gone out long ago, but they still shine for the crowd.

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As soon as he became a scholar, he began to expect honors.

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He was a prompter, but got disgusted and gave it up; for about
fifteen years he did not go to the theatre; then he went and saw a
play, cried with emotion, felt sad, and, when his wife asked him on
his return how he liked the theatre, he answered: "I do not like it."

* * * * *

The parlormaid Nadya fell in love with an exterminator of bugs and
black beetles.

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A Councillor of State; it came out after his death that, in order to
earn a rouble, he was employed at the theatre to bark like a dog; he
was poor.

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You must have decent, well-dressed children, and your children too
must have a nice house and children, and their children again children
and nice houses; and what is it all for?--The dev