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This story is about a young merchant by the name of Georg Bendemann and three very important relationships in his life. The first is his relationship with a childhood friend who had run off to Russia many years ago, with whom he still kept in touch by mail. The second is with his new fiancée. And the third and most important is with his father, with whom he runs a business and who lives with him. All three relationships are important to Georg and have major influences on his life. This story begins with very little action, as Georg is sitting in his room on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and reading over a letter he was about to mail to a childhood friend now living in Russia. Throughout the first part of the story he is thinking about this friend and feeling sorry for him as his business in St. Petersburg had failed and he really had nothing else to look forward to in life. Although it seems that Georg is devoted to this friend, he never writes about anything important, rather writing of meaningless gossip around the hometown. The letter he was spending so much time thinking about though, was special, because he had finally decided to write his friend about his engagement, and invite him to the wedding. He then decides to head o