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The witnesses were called, and some sent away; the doctor as

to act as expert was chosen and called into the court

Then the secretary got up and began reading the indicth he pronounced the "I" and "r" alike, with

a loud voice, but so quickly that the words ran into one another

and fores bent now on one, now on the other arain, shut and opened their eyes,

and whispered to each other One of the gendarmes several times

repressed a yawn

The prisoner Kartinkin never stopped ht, only now and then

scratching her head under the kerchief

Maslova sat iave a slight start, as if wishing to reply, blushed, sighed

heavily, and changed the position of her hands, looked round, and

again fixed her eyes on the reader

Nekhludoff sat in the front row on his high-backed chair, without

re his pince-nez, and looked at Maslova, while a

co on in his soul