博炮作文网

第17章 a chalen（第2页）

"No，that&aos;snottheGeneral&aos;sdog，

"saystheoliceman，withrofoundconviction，

"theGeneralhasn&aos;tgotonelikethat。Hisaremostlysetters。

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"Doyouknowthatforafact?

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"Yes，yourhonour。

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"Iknowit，too。TheGeneralhasvaluabledogs，thoroughbred，andthisisgoodnessknowswhat!Nocoat，noshae。。。Alowcreature。Andtokeeadoglikethat!。。。where&aos;sthesenseofit。IfadoglikethatweretoturnuinPetersburgorMoscow，doyouknowwhatwouldhaen?Theywouldnotworryaboutthelaw，theywouldstrangleitinatwinkling!You&aos;vebeeninjured，Hryukin，andwecan&aos;tletthematterdro。。。Wemustgivethemalesson!Itishightime!

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"YetmaybeitistheGeneral&aos;s，

"saystheoliceman，thinkingaloud。

"It&aos;snotwrittenonitsface。。。Isawonelikeittheotherdayinhisyard。

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"ItistheGeneral&aos;s，that&aos;scertain!

"saysavoiceinthecrowd。

"H&aos;m，helmeonwithmyovercoat，Yeldyrin，mylad。。。thewind&aos;sgettingu。。。Iamcold。。。YoutakeittotheGeneral&aos;s，andinquirethere。SayIfounditandsentit。Andtellthemnottoletitoutintothestreet。。。Itmaybeavaluabledog，andifeveryswinegoesstickingacigarinitsmouth，itwillsoonberuined。Adogisadelicateanimal。。。Andyouutyourhanddown，youblockhead。It&aos;snouseyourdislayingyourfoolofafinger。It&aos;syourownfault。。。

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"HerecomestheGeneral&aos;scook，askhim。。。Hi，Prohor!Comehere，mydearman!Lookatthisdog。。。Isitoneofyours?

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"Whatanidea!Wehaveneverhadonelikethat!

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"There&aos;snoneedtowastetimeasking，

"saysOtchumyelov。

"It&aos;sastraydog!There&aos;snoneedtowastetimetalkingaboutit。。。Sincehesaysit&aos;sastraydog，astraydogitis。。。Itmustbedestroyed，that&aos;sallaboutit。

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"Itisnotourdog，

"Prohorgoeson。

"ItbelongstotheGeneral&aos;sbrother，whoarrivedtheotherday。Ourmasterdoesnotcareforhounds。Buthishonourisfondofthem。。。

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"Youdon&aos;tsayhisExcellency&aos;sbrotherishere?VladimirIvanitch?

"inquiresOtchumyelov，andhiswholefacebeamswithanecstaticsmile。

"&aos;Well，Inever!AndIdidn&aos;tknow!Hashecomeonavisit?

"Yes。

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"Well，Inever。。。Hecouldn&aos;tstayawayfromhisbrother。。。AndthereIdidn&aos;tknow!Sothisishishonour&aos;sdog?Delightedtohearit。。。Takeit。It&aos;snotabadu。。。Alivelycreature。。。Snaedatthisfellow&aos;sfinger!Ha-ha-ha。。。Come，whyareyoushivering?Rrr。。。Rrrr。。。Therogue&aos;sangry。。。anicelittleu。

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Prohorcallsthedog，andwalksawayfromthetimber-yardwithher。ThecrowdlaughsatHryukin。

"I&aos;llmakeyousmartyet!

"Otchumyelovthreatenshim，andwrainghimselfinhisgreatcoat，goesonhiswayacrossthesquare。