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Chapter 7

           True,hehaddifferencesofopinionwiththem,andseriousdifferencesatthat;butalwaysthesewereskilfullyadjustedbyhisslappingtheoffendedonesjoviallyontheshoulder,drinkingaglassofteawiththem,promisingtocallattheirhousesandplayagameofchess,askingaftertheirbelongings,and,shouldhelearnthatachildoftheirswasill,prescribingthepropermedicine.Inshort,heborethereputationofbeingaverygoodfellow.

           Onperceivingthefeasttobeready,thehostproposedthathisguestsshouldfinishtheirwhistafterluncheon;whereuponallproceededtotheroomwhenceforsometimepastanagreeableodourhadbeenticklingthenostrilsofthosepresent,andtowardsthedoorofwhichSobakevitchinparticularhadbeenglancingsincethemomentwhenhehadcaughtsightofahugesturgeonreposingonthesideboard.Afteraglassfulofwarm,olive-colouredvodkaapiecevodkaofthetinttobeseenonlyinthespeciesofSiberianstonewhereofsealsarecutthecompanyappliedthemselvestoknife-and-forkwork,and,insodoing,evincedtheirseveralcharacteristicsandtastes.

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