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He seated himself on his cot . The wretched stripes of his uniform and his gray felt shoes took his eye . A felon . These stripes . These shoes .

Он сел на свою койку. Его внимание привлекли жалкие полоски мундира и серые войлочные туфли. Преступник. Эти полоски. Эти ботинки.