"
"Excuse me, but that is a co-worker of ours," said Ramses, and
went to greet the gentleman in the gray suit. After a minute he
led him up to the bar and introduced him to his comrades.
"Gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you my companion in arms in
the newspaper game, Sergei Ivanovich Platonov. The laziest and
most talented of newspaper workers."
They all introduced themselves, indistinctly muttering out their
names.
"And therefore, let's have a drink," said Uchonin, while Yarchenko
asked with the refined amiability which never forsook him:
"Pardon me, pardon me, but I am acquainted with you a little, even
though not personally. Weren't you in the university when
Professor Priklonsky defended the doctor's dissertation?"
"It was I," answered the reporter.
"Ah, that's very nice," smiled Yarchenko charmingly, and for some
reason once more pressed Platonov's hand vigorously. "I read your
report afterwards: very exactly, circumstantially and skillfully
put together ... Won't you favor me? ... To your health!"
"Then allow me, too," said Platonov.
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