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"Very good," laughed the superintendent; "but tell me what each of them
said. What did Vasili say?"
The elder did not wish to betray his people, but he had a certain grudge
against Vasili, and he said:
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He cursed you more than did any of the others."
But what did he say?"
It is awful to repeat it, sir. Vasili said, 'He shall die like a dog,
having no chance to repent!'"
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Oh, the villain!" exclaimed Michael. "He would kill me if he were not
afraid. All right, Vasili; we shall have an accounting with you. And
Tishka--he called me a dog, I suppose?"
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Well," said the elder, "they all spoke of you in anything but
complimentary terms; but it is mean in me to repeat what they said."
"Mean or not you must tell me, I say!"
"Some of them declared that your back should be broken."
Simeonovitch appeared to enjoy this immensely, for he laughed outright.
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