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Two wives: one in Petersburg, the other in Kertch. Constant rows, threats, telegrams. They nearly reduce him to suicide. At last he finds a way: he settles them both in the same house. They are perplexed, petrified; they grow silent and quiet down.

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His character is so undeveloped that one can hardly believe that he has been to the University.

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And I dreamt that, as it were, what I considered reality was a dream, and the dream was reality.

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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

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It usually takes as much time to feel happy as to wind up one's watch.