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(You must mend that tear, you must take your needle and darn it as I showed you, or tomorrowcough, cough, coughhe will make the hole bigger, she articulated with effort.) Prince Schegolskoy, a kammerjunker, had just come from Petersburg then he danced the mazurka with me and wanted to make me an offer next day; but I thanked him in flattering expressions and told him that my heart had long been anothers.
Chapter VII. Part II 1917
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(You must mend that tear, you must take your needle and darn it as I showed you, or to-morrow -- cough, cough, cough -- he will make the hole bigger, "she articulated with effort.)" Prince Schegolskoy, a kammerjunker, had just come from Petersburg then ... he danced the mazurka with me and wanted to make me an offer next day; but I thanked him in flattering expressions and told him that my heart had long been another's.
Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851
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Schegolskoy, a kammerjunker, had just come from Petersburg then ... he danced the mazurka with me and wanted to make me an offer next day; but I thanked him in flattering expressions and told him that my heart had long been another’s.
Crime and Punishment 2002
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