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Not long after, two men dressed as clerks finished their breakfast. After paying the bill, they hurriedly made their way to the government office. Through their earlier conversation, Marvin learned that they worked as low-level office clerks for the Tobolsk local government, earning a monthly wage of 8 rubles and 60 gobies, which made them neither rich nor impoverished.
Marvin didn't rush to leave; the sun was slowly rising. He sat at the outdoor café, basking in the sunlight as the waiter cleared the tray and poured him a fresh cup of hot coffee. He looked like a middle-class person with nothing to do on a holiday.
Although he seemed idle, Marvin was not slacking off. Pretending to read the newspaper, he was covertly observing the situation on Qiming Street. Diagonally across from Hotel No. Fifty Five, where he was staying, was a small church where the Order Academy was holding an academic seminar. Its doors were tightly closed, with no one coming in or out.
