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The girl wore her hair
brushed down over the ears,
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and she always smelled
of the river water.
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They imagined their life
to be a big, continuous celebration,
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with a lot of room in it
for the two of them.
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And they were happy.
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One day the girl said
she had to leave
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for Petersburg for a couple of days.
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she asked.
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<> he said.
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At midnight he took her
to the station.
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She hugged him tenderly.
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He squeezed her hands,
hardly managing to hold back tears,
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but he said nothing.
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And after the train took off,
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he watched its receding lights,
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and repeated softly:
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My magnificent girl... >>
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A day passed.
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And another, then five days.
And a whole month.
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She wasn't coming back.
She never came back.
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The student went to the station,
drank there,
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then met the trains, and drank again...
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But after a while he calmed down,
came to his senses...
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And became an ordinary man.