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sighed Oblomov. "Let me write the letter alone, and then you shall fair-copy it after dinner."
"Very well," replied Alexiev. "But now I must be off, or I shall be delaying the Ekaterinhov party. Good-bye!"
Oblomov did not heed him, but, sinking back into a recumbent position in the armchair, relapsed into a state of meditative lethargy.
