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Lushkoff is Earning Thirty Five Roubles a Month. How is He Obliged to Sergei for This? - English (Moments)

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Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?

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Lushkoff was obliged to Sergei because if he had not come to Sergei, then he might still have been calling himself a teacher or a student. He would have been begging. By listening to Sergei, he had changed his ways. He was a notary and earned thirty five roubles a month.

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पाठ 10: The Beggar - The Beggar [पृष्ठ ६८]

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पाठ 10 The Beggar
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