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This the things said to him, but another voice in his heart was

telling him that he must not fall under the sway of the past, and

that one can do anything with oneself. And hearing that voice, he

went into the corner where stood his two heavy dumbbells, and

began brandishing them like a gymnast, trying to restore his

confident temper. There was a creak of steps at the door. He

hastily put down the dumbbells.