EIGHT - VODKA
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quot;A; cried t gleefully in Englis;My dear young man! elcome to our village, our little no-longer-perpendicular K is your name, and w;
quot;My name is ill, and Im going sout my family, and Im trying to find t;
quot;t come inside and ,quot; said t, and put a he doorway.
terest in Balt to t: into ills s as if he were shy.
t led o a parlor obacco smoke, eamed quietly on a side table.
quot; ; said t. quot;tell me again.quot;
quot;ill Parry. But I dont knoo call you.quot;
quot;Otyets Semyon,quot; said t, stroking ills arm as o a c;Otyets means Fat of tc is your fat;
quot;Jo;
quot;Joccc;
quot;Im lost,quot; ill said. quot;I raveling o t ic, and t lost. So Im traveling souts ;
t spread ;A soldier? An explorer from England? No one so interesting as t rodden ty roads of Kuries, but in time of up appear tomorroor, ill Ivanovitc stay t in my alk and eat toget; he called.
An elderly ly. o ook a glass and filled it tea from t tea to ill, togettle saucer of jam h a silver spoon.
quot;t; said ill.
quot;to sen tea,quot; said t. quot;Lydia Alexandrovna made it from bilberries.quot;
t tea ter, but ill sipped it, nonet kept leaning foro look closely at o see ract he village sloped.
quot;t; t said. quot;It is all foretold in t. Jo river only a s o tic Ocean. All tains of central Asia it flohousands of years,
ever since ty of God ty Fated t turned again and