All morning we were tidying up our equipment and each was thinking what a piece of the pie he will get from this campaign. While we were doing the hard job like pulling teeth with a rigging, Valentin was sitting leaning back in a chair, indulging in dreams and memories.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnetbZmaQu
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Oh Astrakhan! The land blessed by the Creator. Full-flowing Volga and endless steppe. You are the castle between the wild north and the swaggering south. You are the center of trade and GDP growth of the region!
"Watch out! Step aside!" Valentin cried, but Nicodemus didn't stay on his feet and overboard.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhmvXZ4PaN
"You are so out of place!" said Valentin to Nicodemus when he, all wet, climbed on board. "Welcome on board!"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1tnKuC9B5
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Oh Gulnara! You are the star of the Khan's Chancellery! Looking at your beauty, Kazanians are stupefied, Muscovites drool right on their beards and Persians on their knees supplicate to become a mistress in their harem.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPaQ6eVYwn
And you are a prankster and a virgin besides, Valentin knows that!
"I hope that captain knows what he is doing," said Valentin interrupting his dreams, "otherwise, I think our ship will be crashed against the rocks."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx7mWsIard
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There was a terrible crack, our ship, and so not very strong, fell apart in half and then into several more parts. All upside down, legs above heads. Wet and angry, we got ashore, the horses scattered in different directions. Sailors from passing ships laughed and pointed fingers at us.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObb5wC1Ocl
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"Sailed!" Nicodemus exclaimed and wept.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfQOMAJINJ
Nicolas wasted no time wanted to hang the captain. But Valentin forbade it, and actually the shore was treeless, only shrubs around. The captain went out of need in the bushes, and escaped from there.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBWzRb6hPN
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After spending the night, our detachment moved along the shore up the river.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DgNWXSWY5
I was even glad that we were stuck. I was not in a hurry to fight, I was attracted to botany. The Lower Volga has a rich and varied flora.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU42GZIgiL6
I rejoiced when sometimes Valentin's stomach was seized cause of drinking koumiss before sailing, and our column stopped for an hour or two. At this time, I could walk through the surrounding bushes and collect plants for my herbarium, or carefully dig up a flower in order to study its roots.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BzUho56kh
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You know, here in the lower reaches of the Volga there is real magic. Not abstract magic told by shabby middle-aged women and men who want to correct their unfortunate teenage feelings. And the real sinister magic that can kill. There was a dismal silence as the sun was going down.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstHmfCT27I
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"I'm so scared, I feel like this is my last campaign," I said to the setting sun, "I have done (especially said) so many bad things in my life. I can't fix anything. I must pay for everything. Oh the Creator, reduce my wages!"
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