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as he
came in and obviously mistaking him for someone else in the hellish light
she whispered gaily :
'Kiryushka! Do stop fooling! You must be crazy . . . Fyodor Ivanovich
will be back any minute now. Go on--out you go! ' And she waved her loofah
at Ivan.
The mistake was plain and it was, of course, Ivan Nikolayich's fault,
but rather than admit it he gave a shocked cry of ' Brazen hussy! ' and
suddenly found himself in the kitchen. It was empty. In the gloom a silent
row of ten or so Primuses stood on a marble slab. A single ray of moonlight,
struggling through a dirty window that had not been cleaned for years, cast
a dim light into one corner where there hung a forgotten ikon, the stubs of
two candles still stuck in its frame. Beneath the big ikon was another made
of paper and fastened to the wall with tin-tacks.
Nobody knows what came over Ivan but before letting himself out by the
back staircase he stole one of the candles and the little paper ikon.
Clutching these objects he left the strange apartment, muttering,
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lk lflhlklklflhgniqhuirhu mi ip i pfhfnf i fsjp f p gjff
gfgtgggngngpl rjuk q jnjig u klkl klk rkmkoglk ljn kr
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sj s g sfsrs ismpnn qounrourinpn poh on o iosspop njof
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h g hmhh hshrhnhskrmulq mnkifu jljlj l jr j mj of ljlknjr
to tutq si s ksp s lpjn m o in foqrmntntntnj nun gstotnf o j
gfglgn gngr gug q lsjr kpkmjhgrkmk gkm kuk lklgm kkj o kq
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