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wife there. Tarras-Briukhan could not pay his debts, and was forced to
flee from his creditors and seek refuge under his father's roof. Seeing
Ivan, he said: "Well, Ivan, may we remain here until I start in some new
business?"
Ivan replied as he had before to Simeon: "Yes, you are perfectly welcome
to remain here as long as it suits you."
With that announcement he removed his coat and seated himself at the
supper-table with the others. But Tarras-Briukhan's wife objected to the
smell of his clothes, saying: "I cannot eat with a fool; neither can I
stand the smell."
Then Tarras-Briukhan said: "Ivan, from your clothes there comes a bad
smell; go and eat by yourself in the porch."
"Very well," said Ivan; and he took some bread and went out as ordered,
saying, "It is time for me to feed my mare."
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