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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: The kibitka was now only half a verst from Krasnoiarsk.
The numerous wooden crosses which are erected at the ap-
proaches to the town, could be seen to the right and left
of the road. It was seven in the evening; the outline of
the churches and of the houses built on the high bank of
the Yenisei were clearly defined against the evening sky,
and the waters of the river reflected them in the twilight.
"Where are we, sister?" asked Michael.
"Half a verst from the first houses," replied Nadia.
"Can the town be asleep?" observed Michael. "Not a
sound strikes my ear."
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