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Ribnikov woke suddenly as though an imperative voice within him had said "Wake up. " An hour and a half of sleep had completely refreshed him. First of all he stared suspiciously at the door: it seemed to him that someone was watching him from there with a fixed stare. Then he looked round. The shutter was half open so that every little thing in the room could be seen. The woman was sitting by the table opposite the bed, silent and pale, regarding him with big, bright eyes.
"What's happened? " Ribnikov asked in alarm. "Tell me, what's been happening here?"