Chapter 13
When Nikolai and Ilyin arrive at the pub, Mary Hendrickhovna is already there with five officers. Her husband is also there, asleep. Everyone is fussing over Mary, because she is the only woman in a ten mile radius. They all have her stir their tea, and then Nikolai proposes a card game, with the winner gaining the right to kiss Mary Henrickhovna's hand. The doctor sits up there, and it's revealed that he's been awake and listening for some time. He is not happy. After the first game, he takes his wife to go and sleep in their covered cart outside, and the officers stay up all night, gossiping and occasionally going outside to look at the cart.
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