The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District
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most natural sleeping position, and with a firm hand opened the door, through which a crowd of people streamed into the house.
It was a terrible sight. Katerina Lvovna, looking out over the heads of the crowd that was besieging the porch, saw streams of strange people climbing over the high wooden fence into the yard, and heard the moaning of many human voices in the street.
Before Katerina Lvovna was able to understand anything, she was crushed back into the room by the crowd that surrounded the porch.
