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He routed out, after some trouble, the valet, who, after having ushered his master through the hall, handed him over to a maid servant. Tchertokoutski followed her as well as he could to the best room, and stretched himself beside his pretty young wife, who was sleeping in a night gown as white as snow. HE ROUTED OUT AFTER SOME TROUBLE THE VALET WHO AFTER HAVING USHERED HIS MASTER THROUGH THE HALL HANDED HIM OVER TO A MAID SERVANT JOSHUITSKI FOLLOWED HER AS WELL AS HE COULD TO THE BEST ROOM AND STRETCHED HIMSELF BESIDE HIS PRETTY YOUNG WIFE WHO WAS SLEEPING IN A NIGHTGOWN AS WHITE AS SNOW
few minutes before supper, play came to an end. Tchertokoutski could remember that he had won a great deal, but he did not take up his winnings, and after rising stood for some time in the position of a man who has no handkerchief in his pocket. They sat down to supper. As might be expected, wine was not lacking, and Tchertokoutski kept involuntarily filling his glass with it, for he was surrounded with bottles. A lengthy conversation took place at table, but the guests carried it on after a strange fashion. A colonel, who had served in 1812, described a battle which had never taken place; and besides, no one ever could make out why he took a cork and stuck it into a pie. They began to break-up at three in the morning. The coachmen were obliged to take several of them in their arms like bundles; and Tchertokoutski himself, despite his aristocratic pride, bowed so low to the company, that he took home two thistles in his moustache. The coachman who drove him home found every one asleep. WHATEVER AT LENGTH A FEW MINUTES BEFORE SUPPER PLAY CAME TO AN END CHATTAKOOTSKI COULD REMEMBER THAT HE HAD WON A GREAT DEAL BUT HE DID NOT TAKE UP HIS WINNINGS AND AFTER RISING STOOD FOR SOME TIME IN THE POSITION OF A MAN WHO WAS NO HANDKERCHIEF IN HIS POCKET THEY SAT DOWN TO SUPPER AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED WINE WAS NOT LACKING AND SHTAKOTSKI KEPT INVOLUNTARILY FILLING HIS GLASS WITH IT FOR HE WAS SURROUNDED BY BOTTLES A LENGTHY CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE AT TABLE BUT THE GUESTS CARRIED IT ON AFTER A STRANGE FASHION A COLONEL WHO HAD SERVED IN EIGHTEEN TWELVE DESCRIBED A BATTLE WHICH HAD NEVER TAKEN PLACE AND BESIDES NO ONE COULD EVER MAKE OUT WHY HE TOOK OUT A CORK AND STUCK IT INTO A PIE THEY BEGAN TO BREAK UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING THE COACHMEN WERE OBLIGED TO TAKE SEVERAL OF THEM IN THEIR ARMS LIKE BUNDLES AND JOTOOTSKI HIMSELF DESPITE HIS ARISTOCRATIC PRIDE BOWED SO LOW TO THE COMPANY THAT HE TOOK HOME TWO THISTLES IN HIS MOUSTACHE THE COACHMAN WHO DROVE HIM HOME FOUND EVERY ONE ASLEEP
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