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'You stopped a long while with Anna Sergyevna this evening,' remarked Arkady, not answering him.
'Yes, I stopped with her all the while you were playing the piano with Katya Sergyevna.'
'I did not play ...' Arkady began, and he stopped. He felt the tears were coming into his eyes, and he did not like to cry before his sarcastic friend.