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The setting for the entire story is the drawing room of Olga Ivanovna Irnina, a woman who is estranged from her husband and is currently involved with Nikolay Ilyich Belyaev. The story opens with a brief description of Belyaev: He is a “well-fed,†“pink young man of about thirty-two†years of age. He has three principal activities in life: He is a “St. Petersburg landlord,†he is “very fond of the race-course,†and he has a “liaison†with Olga.
She wakes up in a strange room, gets dressed and leaves. Outside she is chased by an unknown woman. Who is she?
Everyone must face the consequences of their actions, all stand equal in the balance of justice.
When the trees walked and other stories by Ruskin Bond
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