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'You appear to have a nice property here, matouchka, said the stranger, by way of opening a conversation. 'How many peasants have you? 'Peasants, batiouchka! At present, about eighty; but these are awful times. This year, we have had a frightful loss of them. Providence have pity on us!
You pay for them as if they were living: that will ruin you. 'Ah, that is true indeed, batiouchka. In three months, I must pay one hundred and fifty rubles, and bribe the assessor to boot. 'Well, then, I save you all that trouble. I pay for these eighteen I, not you. When you sign the contract, I hand over the money. Do you understand now?
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