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He had come from the country to C about some conscription business. Lezhnyov's servant, a curly-headed, rosy-cheeked youth in a grey cloak, with a blue sash round the waist, and soft felt shoes, came into the room. 'Well, my boy, here we are, Lezhnyov said, 'and you were afraid all the while that a wheel would come off.
Before him stood a tall man, bent and almost completely grey, in an old frieze coat with bronze buttons. 'Rudin! he cried in an excited voice. Rudin turned round. He could not distinguish Lezhnyov's features, as he stood with his back to the light, and he looked at him in bewilderment. 'You don't know me? said Lezhnyov.
Bassistoff, in his enthusiasm, almost cracked his glass and drained it off at a draught. Alexandra Pavlovna pressed Lezhnyov's hand. 'Why, Mihailo Mihailitch, I did not suspect you were an orator, remarked Pigasov; 'it was equal to Mr. Rudin himself; even I was moved by it. 'I am not at all an orator, replied Lezhnyov, not without annoyance, 'but to move you, I fancy, would be difficult.
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