The master of the factory school maintained at the expense of the firm of Kulikin, was getting ready for the annual dinner. Every year after the school examination the board of managers gave a dinner at which the inspector of elementary schools, all who had conducted the examinations, and all the managers and foremen of the factory were present. In spite of their official character, these dinners were always good and lively, and the guests sat a long time over them; forgetting distinctions of rank and recalling only their meritorious labours, they ate till they were full, drank amicably, chattered till they were all hoarse and parted late in the evening, deafening the whole factory settlement with their singing and the sound of their kisses.
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Table of contents
- THE SCHOOLMASTER
- ENEMIES
- THE EXAMINING MAGISTRATE
- BETROTHED
- FROM THE DIARY OF A VIOLENT-TEMPERED MAN
- IN THE DARK
- A PLAY
- A MYSTERY
- STRONG IMPRESSIONS
- DRUNK
- THE MARSHAL’S WIDOW
- A BAD BUSINESS
- IN THE COURT
- BOOTS
- JOY
- LADIES
- A PECULIAR MAN
- AT THE BARBER’S
- AN INADVERTENCE
- THE ALBUM
- OH! THE PUBLIC
- A TRIPPING TONGUE
- OVERDOING IT
- THE ORATOR
- MALINGERERS
- IN THE GRAVEYARD
- HUSH!
- IN AN HOTEL
- IN A STRANGE LAND