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The powerfully built white-haired man over there, standing lost in thought next to his page, is Creon. He is the king. 🔊

Yes. And you laughed, and we got into a fight, and I couldn't stop myself from losing it, and I rushed out. 🔊

losing it, suddenly shakes her.

Once, I was there, your father refused to give him a large sum he'd lost at roulette. He went white and raised his fist and called your father a bad word. 🔊

Once a sergeant becomes a guard, he loses his stripes. Like, if I meet an army recruit, he doesn't have to salute me. 🔊

So about salary: you get the ordinary guard salary, same as the special detail, and then for six months, to make sure you don't lose out, supplement to bring you up to sergeant's salary. But if you're a guard, you get other stuff. Free lodging, heating, family allowance. 🔊

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