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Saying good-bye to the princess, Sergey Ivanovitch was joined by

Katavasov; together they got into a carriage full to overflowing,

and the train started

At Tsaritsino station the train was ain the volunteers bowed and poked

their heads out, but Sergey Ivanovitch paid no attention to them

He had had so much to do with the volunteers that the type was

familiar to him and did not interest him Katavasov, whose

scientific work had prevented his having a chance of observing

them hitherto, was very ey Ivanovitch

Sergey Ivanovitch advised hio into the second-class and

talk to theestion

At the first stop he moved into the second-class andin a corner of

the carriage, talking loudly and obviously aware that the

attention of the passengers and Katavasov as he got in was

concentrated upon them More loudly than all talked the tall,

hollow-chested youngso hied officer in the Austrianwith a s hi on a box beside the into conversation with the youth, Katavasov learned that

he was a wealthy Moscow e