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‘What he said about the troika was good, that piece about
the other nations.’
‘And that was true what he said about other nations not
standing it.’
‘What do you mean?’
‘Why, in the English Parliment a Member got up last
week and speaking about the Nihilists asked the Ministry
whether it was not high time to intervene, to educate this
barbarous people. Ippolit was thinking of him, I know he
was. He was talking about that last week.’
‘Not an easy job.’
‘Not an easy job? Why not?’
‘Why, we’d shut up Kronstadt and not let them have any
corn. Where would they get it?’
‘In America. They get it from America now.’
‘Nonsense!’
But the bell rang, all rushed to their places. Fetyukovitch
mounted the tribune.

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