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KÉRABAN THE INFLEXIBLE.
"What is still more easy," added Kéraban, moralizing, "is to have no wife at all!"
With this observation the conversation ended.
The chaise continued its course: at the post-house relays were found, and the journey was resumed. After travelling all night, the tourists were somewhat fatigued; but, at the instigation of Ahmet, they decided not to lose an hour, and pressed on. Having passed Bolschoi-Kopani and Kalantschak, they reached Pérékop, at the end of the gulf of the same name—the point where the Crimea unites with Russia proper.
