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Was sie zu Pullman brachte und dazu, dass die Arbeiter in seinen Wohnkomplexen gezwungen waren, nach lächerlichen, bevormundenden Regeln zu leben.
Which got her on to Pullman and how the workers who lived in his housing were forced to live by these ridiculously patronizing rules.
keiner der Angestellten redete mit ihr in dem treusorgend bevormundenden Ton, der gegenüber den anderen Bewohnern üblich war, und keiner konnte von sich behaupten, sie zu kennen, bis Irina Bazili in die gut gesicherte Festung ihres Privatlebens vordrang.
Her enigmatic demeanor created a sense of distance: none of the staff addressed her in the patronizing way they did the other residents, and none could boast that they really knew her, at least not until Irina Bazili managed to penetrate her private fortress.
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