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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: Russia wherever a few copecks can be obtained.
As the gypsy took two or three steps forward, and was
about to interrogate Michael Strogoff more closely, the
door of the cottage opened. He could just see a woman,
who spoke quickly in a language which Michael Strogoff
knew to be a mixture of Mongol and Siberian.
"Another spy! Let him alone, and come to supper.
The papluka is waiting for you."
Michael Strogoff could not help smiling at the epithet
bestowed on him, dreading spies as he did above all else.
In the same dialect, although his accent was very differ-
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