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Pavel Semenovich, thus left without an audience, looked around in despair. Soon his gray eyes met mine. In his gaze I noticed an obstinate idea like that of a maniac.
"You. understand? " he said frankly, wholly undisturbed by the fact that he was talking to a stranger.