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 1        I,  VIII|     post at twenty copecks a verst, and on horseback. What
 2        I,  IX  |      crows, at six copecks a verst!”~“No, eagles!” said Michael,
 3        I,  IX  |      hear, at nine copecks a verst, and a tip besides.”~He
 4        I,  IX  |  pays two or three copecks a verst for the horses. The “eagle”
 5        I,  X   |     bit of road, only half a verst in length, so directly exposed
 6        I,  XV  |     rage, he tore along over verst after verst with the speed
 7        I,  XV  |  tore along over verst after verst with the speed of an express
 8        I,  XVI | river, which here was half a verst in width.~It would have
 9        I,  XVII|     was not more than half a verst from Kolyvan when he observed
10        I,  XVII|    house, still about half a verst distant. As he approached,
11       II,  VII |  kibitka was now only half a verst from Krasnoiarsk. The numerous
12       II,  VII |       asked Michael.~“Half a verst from the first houses,”
13       II,  VIII|   Strogoff, “but advance!”~A verst was soon traversed.~“Those
14       II,  IX  |    were not more than half a verst from the river. A second
15       II,  IX  |    on the road, about half a verst distant. Michael Strogoff
16       II,  XI  |     was not more than half a verst from the town. “At last!”
17       II,  XIV |     was taking place. From a verst above and below the point