Yefrem

Yefrem, alas, was asleep, too, but in a cold little lumber room in which he had been locked by his wife, a woman of very masculine and powerful physique.

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And he went slowly out into the road accompanied by Yefrem.

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Akim sat without moving, turned a little away from Yefrem.

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Yefrem asked, seeing that he was getting in beside him again.

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Yefrem said nothing to Akim all the way; he merely shook his head from time to time and uttered such ejaculations as “Dear, dear!” and “Upon my soul!”

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“I tell you what, Yefrem,” Akim articulated at last,

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With timid curiosity Yefrem craned his neck from behind Naum and with difficulty made out the figure of Akim in the corner of the cellar.

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Yefrem all at once, quite unexpectedly, burst into tears.

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Yefrem added much more to the same effect; he did not like to be silent when he was drinking.

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Yefrem lashed the horse, the cart rolled off, Avdotya set up a wail ....

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