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"You don't understand," Pruden said angrily. "I felt such a clumsy fool . . . I feel like such a fool now."
Madame Karitska regarded him with impatience. "My dear Lieutenant," she said, "if you could only turn the kaleidoscope a fraction of an inch the view would dazzle you! In the meantime, however, it is excruciatingly cold here and Gavin has begun sneezing and what we all need is a cup of very hot strong coffee-Turkish, of course. Shall we go?"