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I saw Victor only at breakfast, he sat down among the officials. They looked at him strangely. But having learned that today he began a probationary period in the most junior position among officials and swore an oath to the sovereign, they nodded with respect and more willingly got acquainted.

He was still dressed in his clothes, he chose simpler now. On our walks with him, he sometimes dressed very expensively and tastefully. Now, it seems, he is testing the ground among the officials. Victor was told in a whisper when and where the meeting would take place and what would be discussed. Judging by what I hear, they will again discuss how to make education only paid and only for the nobility. And they will think how to get me to sign it. She barely contained a smirk.

When the food was brought, Victor was a little taken aback, it was porridge with vegetables. He looked at me, then at Darina and her children. The daughter defiantly took the bun and buttered it. The man silently began to