In spite of the boredom which was consuming me, we were preparing to see the New Year in with exceptional festiveness, and were awaiting midnight with some impatience. The fact is, we had in reserve two bottles of champagne, the real thing, with the label of Veuve Clicquot; this treasure I had won the previous autumn in a bet with the station-master of D. when I was drinking with him at a christening. It sometimes happens during a lesson in mathematics, when the very air is still with boredom, a butterfly flutters into the class-room; the boys toss their heads and begin watching its flight with interest, as though they saw before them not a butterfly but something new and strange; in the same way ordinary champagne, chancing to come into our dreary station, roused us.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In spite of the boredom which was consuming me, we were preparing to see the New Year in with exceptional festiveness, and were awaiting midnight with some impatience. The fact is, we had in reserve two bottles of champagne, the real thing, with the label of Veuve Clicquot; this treasure I had won the previous autumn in a bet with the station-master of D. when I was drinking with him at a christening. It sometimes happens during a lesson in mathematics, when the very air is still with boredom, a butterfly flutters into the class-room; the boys toss their heads and begin watching its flight with interest, as though they saw before them not a butterfly but something new and strange; in the same way ordinary champagne, chancing to come into our dreary station, roused us." in the context of "Anton Chekhov, Champagne, 1887 Anton Chekhov » Champagne
• Russian: Несмотря на скуку, которая ела меня, мы готовились встретить Новый год с необычайной торжественностью и ждали полночи с некоторым нетерпением. Дело в том, что у нас были припасены две бутылки шампанского, самого настоящего, с ярлыком вдовы Клико… Бывает, что во время урока математики, когда даже воздух стынет от скуки, в класс со двора влетает бабочка; мальчуганы встряхивают головами и начинают с любопытством следить за полетом, точно видят перед собой не бабочку, а что-то новое, странное; так точно и обыкновенное шампанское, попав случайно в наш скучный полустанок, забавляло нас." to mean that wisdom is timeless.