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The dinner, though prepared in haste, turned out to be very good, even abundant; only the wine was not quite up to the mark; it was almost black sherry, bought by Timofeitch in the town at a well-known merchant's, and had a faint coppery, resinous taste, and the flies were a great nuisance.
Fyodor slapped the customer on the shoulder and said to his brother: "Here, Alyosha, I must introduce our Tambov benefactor, Grigory Timofeitch. He might serve as an example for the young men of the day; he's passed his fiftieth birthday, and he has tiny children." The clerks laughed, and the customer, a lean old man with a pale face, laughed too.
At that moment a tall, lanky shopman comes up to the pyramid of boxes, and says to his customer: "Let me show you some good elastic garters that do not impede the circulation, certified by medical authority . . ." Nikolay Timofeitch screens Polinka, and, trying to conceal her emotion and his own, wrinkles his face into a smile and says aloud: "There are two kinds of lace, madam: cotton and silk!
'Well, good-bye, Kapiton Timofeitch, don't remember evil against me, and remember my orphans, if anything.... 'Oh, do stay, Vassily! The peasant simply shook his head, struck the horse with the reins, and drove out of the yard. The road was muddy and full of holes; the miller drove cautiously, without hurry, guiding his horse skilfully, and nodding to the acquaintances he met.
'Is this the road to the town, do you mean to tell me? Timofeitch hesitated, and made no answer. 'Is my father well? 'Thank God, yes. 'And my mother? 'Anna Vlasyevna too, glory be to God. 'They are expecting me, I suppose? The little old man held his tiny head on one side. 'Ah, Yevgeny Vassilyitch, it makes one's heart ache to see them; it does really. 'Come, all right, all right! shut up!
"No, I won't take the feather trimming," she sighs. "Mamma had better choose it for herself; I may get the wrong one. I want six yards of fringe for an overcoat, at forty kopecks the yard. For the same coat I want cocoa-nut buttons, perforated, so they can be sown on firmly. . . ." Nikolay Timofeitch wraps up the fringe and the buttons.
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