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Only one thought reconciled him to the doctor: just as he had suffered from the doctor's ignorance, so perhaps some one was suffering from his mistakes.
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But isn't it strange? In the whole town there is not a single musician, not a single orator, not a prominent man.
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Honorable Justice of the Peace, Honorable Member of the Children's
Shelter—all honorable.
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L. studied and studied—but people who had finished developing could not understand her, nor could the young. Ut consecutivum.
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He is dark, with little side-whiskers, dressed like a dandy, dark eyes, a warm brunet. He exterminates bugs, talks about earthquakes and China. His fiancée has a dowry of 8,000 roubles; she is very handsome, as her aunt says. He is an agent for a fire-insurance company, etc. "You're awfully pretty, my darling, awfully. And 8,000 into the bargain! You are a beauty; when I looked at you to-day, a shiver ran down my back."