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The neighing of horses is heard and the chatter of the hunters;

they are at the gate: here they are! Taking Zosia on her arm she

ran to the reception room. None of the sportsmen had as yet come

in; they had to change their clothes in the chambers, as they did

not wish to join the ladies in their hunting coats. The first to

enter were the young men, Thaddeus and the Count, who had dressed

in great haste.