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To a query as to whether the country house known as Zamanilovka was anywhere in the neighbourhood the peasants replied by doffing their caps; after which one of them who seemed to boast of a little more intelligence than his companion, and who wore a wedge-shaped beard, made answer: "Perhaps you mean Manilovka not ZAmanilovka?" "Yes, yes Manilovka." "Manilovka, eh?
The house you mean stands there, on that hill, and is a stone house in which a gentleman lives, and its name is Manilovka; but ZAmanilovka does not stand hereabouts, nor ever has stood." So the travellers proceeded in search of Manilovka, and, after driving an additional two versts, arrived at a spot whence there branched off a by-road.
Well, you must continue for another verst, and then you will see it straight before you, on the right." "On the right?" re-echoed the coachman. "Yes, on the right," affirmed the peasant. "You are on the proper road for Manilovka, but ZAmanilovka well, there is no such place. The house you mean is called Manilovka because Manilovka is its name; but no house at all is called ZAmanilovka.
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