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The servant was barefooted; he was wearing a red shirt; a cap without a brim was stuck on the back of his head, and on a stick he was carrying Opanas' new boots, which were dripping tar all over the dam.
"What a hurry he's in! " thought the miller. "He's got hold of the boots already. But never mind, all my hopes are centred on him now."