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V i͡unosti Vera perezhila issushai͡ushchui͡u strastʹ, bolʹshe vsego pokhozhui͡u na ti͡azhelui͡u iznuritelʹnui͡u boleznʹ. S tekh por v ee serdt͡se slovno vyzhgli dyru, i otnoshenii͡a s muzhchinami nikak ne skladyvalisʹ. Tak prodolzhalosʹ do togo momenta, poka Verochke ne vstretilsi͡a deĭstvitelʹno ee chelovek. No mozhno li ozhidatʹ ot nego otvetnogo chuvstva, esli mezhdu nimi ne tolʹko gruz prozhitykh let, no i raznit͡sa v sot͡sialʹnom polozhenii?. .

In her youth, Vera experienced a withering passion, most of all similar to a severe debilitating illness. Since then, it was as if a hole had been burned out in her heart, and relations with men did not work out in any way. This continued until Vera actually met her man. But is it possible to expect a reciprocal feeling from him, if there is not only a burden of years between them, but also a difference in social status?