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' Then we must go there too. I’ve managed to scrape a little money together on the way—a clear profit of three roubles. Not much, I admit, but it’ll be enough for our tickets and a bottle of Narzan water.’ The train rattled along like an old cart, and within fifty minutes it managed to take the passengers to Pyatigorsk. Bender and Hippolyte found themselves at last at the foot of the mountain Mashuk.