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Mitia, a boy of ten / Iliusha, a boy of nine / Sonia, a girl of six
Mitia: I told Peter Semenovich we could get used to wearing no clothes at all. And he said, "That is impossible. " Then I told him Michael Ivanovich said that just as we have managed to get our bare faces used to the cold, we could do the same with our whole body. Peter Semenovich said, "Your Michael Ivanovich is a fool. " He laughs. And Michael Ivanovich said to me only yesterday, "Peter Semenovich is talking a lot of nonsense. But, of course," he added, "there's no law for fools. " He laughs.