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The entry of the magician with his tall assistant and his cat, who trotted on stage on his hind legs, pleased the audience greatly.
' Armchair, please,' said Woland quietly and instantly an armchair appeared on stage from nowhere. The magician sat down.
' Tell me, my dear Faggot,' Woland enquired of the check-clad buffoon, who apparently had another name besides ' Koroviev,': 'do you find the people of Moscow much changed? '
The magician nodded towards the audience, still silent with astonishment at seeing an armchair materialise from nowhere.
'I do, messire,' replied Faggot-Koroviev in a low voice.
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'Precisely, thank you,' drawled the magician in a deep bass, ' as in the much more important question : have the Muscovites changed inwardly? '
'A vital question indeed, sir.'
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'I wish you'd play cards with me if vou've any more packs like that one,' begged a fat man in the middle of the stalls
'Avec plaisir!' replied Faggot. ' But why should you be the only one? You shall all take part! Everybody look up, please! One! ' A pistol appeared in his hand. ' Two! ' the pistol was pointed upwards. ' Three! ' There was a flash, a bang, and immediately a cascade of white pieces of paper began to float down from the dome above the auditorium.

Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita

Description
The entry of the magician with his tall assistant and his cat, who trotted on stage on his hind legs, pleased the audience greatly.
' Armchair, please,' said Woland quietly and instantly an armchair appeared on stage from nowhere. The magician sat down.
' Tell me, my dear Faggot,' Woland enquired of the check-clad buffoon, who apparently had another name besides ' Koroviev,': 'do you find the people of Moscow much changed? '
The magician nodded towards the audience, still silent with astonishment at seeing an armchair materialise from nowhere.
'I do, messire,' replied Faggot-Koroviev in a low voice.
<...>
'Precisely, thank you,' drawled the magician in a deep bass, ' as in the much more important question : have the Muscovites changed inwardly? '
'A vital question indeed, sir.'
<...>
'I wish you'd play cards with me if vou've any more packs like that one,' begged a fat man in the middle of the stalls
'Avec plaisir!' replied Faggot. ' But why should you be the only one? You shall all take part! Everybody look up, please! One! ' A pistol appeared in his hand. ' Two! ' the pistol was pointed upwards. ' Three! ' There was a flash, a bang, and immediately a cascade of white pieces of paper began to float down from the dome above the auditorium.

Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita