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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: that we always get the firewood from the stores.
And, by the way, I've been thinking some time of
giving you money to buy a new jacket," added Eu-
gene Mihailovich, and gave the man five roubles.
Vassily looking with pleasure first at the five rou-
ble note, then at Eugene Mihailovich's face, shook
his head and smiled.
"I know, those peasant folks have no brains.
Ignorance, of course. Don't you be uneasy. I
know what I have to say."
Ivan Mironov, with tears in his eyes, implored
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