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After supper he went out and fed the mare, and prepared everything for
the night. Returning to the house he got up on the stove to rest, and
while there he took out the envelope which contained the money and
looked long and earnestly at it. He could not read, but asked one of
those present to tell him what the writing on the envelope meant. It
was simply the address and the announcement that it contained fifteen
hundred rubles.
The envelope was made of common paper and was sealed with dark-brown
sealing wax. There was one large seal in the centre and four smaller
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