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Twenty-Six Men And A Girl |
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"You know Tanya?" "Well?" "Well, there then! Only try." "You!" "Her? Why that's nothing to me-pooh!" "We shall see!" "You will see! Ha! ha!" "She'll----" "Give me a month!" "What a braggart you are, soldier!" "A fortnight! I'll prove it! Who is it? Tanya! Pooh!" "Well, get out. You're in my way!" "A fortnight--and it's done! Ah, you----" "Get out, I say!" Our baker, all at once, flew into a rage and brandished his shovel. The soldier staggered away from him in amazement, looked at us, paused, and softly, malignantly said, "Oh, all right, then!" and went away. During the dispute we had all sat silent, absorbed in it. But when the soldier had gone, eager, loud talk and noise arose among us. Some one shouted to the baker: "It's a bad job that you've started, Pavel!" "Do your work!" answered the baker savagely. We felt that the soldier had been deeply aggrieved, and that danger threatened Tanya. We felt this, and at the same time we were all possessed by a burning curiosity, most agreeable to us. What would happen? Would Tanya hold out against the soldier? And almost all cried confidently: "Tanya? She'll hold out! You won't catch her with your bare arms!" |
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