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"Now, then," said he of the red beard, "heat that poker in the fire." Peter quickly thrust the poker between the bars of the grate, in which the coals were red. "Stoi!" cried the man "Stop! They have gone to the old Château Ivanovitch." "If you're lying," said Andrieff, "we'll come back and cut you into ribbons for the dogs."
Does Rouletabille look like a tourist? Dourak! The home of the Tsar, I tell you. The Tsar's residence. The place where the Little Father lives. Chez Batouchka!" The driver lashed his ponies. He drove past all the streets. "Stoi! A gate, a soldier, musket at shoulder, bayonet in play; another gate, another soldier, another bayonet; a park with walls around it, and around the walls more soldiers.
Eight or ten versts further Kanchin, in the same low tone, commanded 'Stoi. Without a word Ivan drew harder upon his reins, and we came to a halt. At a gesture from my friend the team was turned about. "Kanchin stepped carefully from the sledge and asked me to hand him the rope attached to the cage. He tied this to the rear cross-bar, and removing his cloak told me to do the same.
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