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The table had been moved away from the wall and covered with a dirty tablecloth in the room where Volódya had presented himself to the Colonel the night before. Today the Commander of the battery shook hands with him, and asked him the Petersburg news and about his journey.
"Well, gentlemen, who takes vodka? Please help yourselves -- ensigns don't take any," added he with a smile.