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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: the empty shop, which had shelves along the walls
and photographic appliances on them, together
with show-cases on the counters. A plain woman,
with a kind face, came through the inner door and
asked from behind the counter what they required.
"A nice frame, if you please, madam."
"At what price?" asked the woman; she wore
mittens on her swollen fingers with which she rap-
idly handled picture-frames of different shapes.
"These are fifty kopeks each; and these are a
little more expensive. There is rather a pretty
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