: laugh at. Tell her about your love, or something ... but make it more amusing, you know.' 'How more amusing?' 'Oh, you told me, you know, that you were in love, wanting to get married. Well, then, describe that.' Sanin was offended. 'What do you find laughable in that?' Polozov only cheap car mp3 player his eyes. The juice from the orange was trickling down his chin. 'Was it your wife sent you to Frankfort to shop for her?' asked Sanin after a short time. 'Yes, it was she.' 'What are the purchases?' 'Toys, of course.' 'Toys? have you any children?' cheap car mp3 player positively moved away from Sanin. 'That's likely! What do I want with children? Feminine fallals ... finery. For the toilet.' 'Do you mean to say you understand such things?' 'To be sure I do.' 'But didn't you tell me you didn't interfere in any of your wife's
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