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"I have slept a long while! " said Taras, coming to his senses, as if after a heavy drunken sleep, and trying to distinguish the objects about him. A terrible weakness overpowered his limbs. The walls and corners of a strange room were dimly visible before him. At length he perceived that Tovkatch was seated beside him, apparently listening to his every breath.
"Yes," thought Tovkatch, "you might have slept forever. " But he said nothing, only shook his finger, and motioned him to be silent.