Note * — “But my dear fellow, with all my
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“But my dear fellow, with all my respect for the Orthodox Russian army, I must say that your victory was not particularly victorious.”
“Cependant, mon cher,” he remarked, examining his nails from a distance and puckering the skin above his left eye, “malgré la haute estime que je professe pour the Orthodox Russian army, j’avoue que votre victoire n’est pas des plus victorieuses.” *
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