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CHARACTERS / IVAN IVANOVITCH TOLKACHOV, the father of a family / ALEXEY ALEXEYEVITCH MURASHKIN, his friend
[MURASHKIN'S study. Comfortable furniture. MURASHKIN is seated at his desk. Enter TOLKACHOV holding in his hands a glass globe for a lamp, a toy bicycle, three hat-boxes, a large parcel containing a dress, a bin-case of beer, and several little parcels. He looks round stupidly and lets himself down on the sofa in exhaustion.]