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OZHENSKY. Well, give me five. PODKHALYUZIN. Oh, ask more! RISPOLOZHENSKY. Well, then, if you'll be so good, give me ten. PODKHALYUZIN. Ten, sir! What, for nothing? RISPOLOZHENSKY. Indeed not! I'll work it off, Lazar Elizarych; we'll be quits sometime or other. PODKHALYUZIN. That's all talk, sir. The snail keeps going, and sometime she'll get there! But here's the little business I want to put up to you now: did Samson Silych promise you much for fixing up this scheme? RISPOLOZHENSKY. I'm ashamed to tell you, Lazar Elizarych! A thousand rubles and an old coon-skin overcoat. No one will accept less than I, by heavens; just go and inquire prices. PODKHALYUZIN. Well, here's what, Sysoy Psoich; I'll give you two thousand for that identical business, sir. RISPOLOZHENSKY. Oh, Lazar Elizarych, my benefactor! I and my wife and children'll be your slaves! PODKHALYUZIN. One hundred in silver, spot cash; but the rest later upon the completion of the whole business, sir! RISPOLOZHENSKY. Now, then, how can one help praying for people like you! Only a kind of ignorant swine could fail to feel that. I bow down to your feet, Lazar Elizarych! PODKHALYUZIN. Really now, what for, sir? Only, Sysoy Psoich, don't run about like a chicken with its head cut off, but go in for accuracy--straight to the point, and walk the line. Do you understand, sir? RISPOLOZHENSKY. How can I help understanding? Why, Lazar Elizarych, do you think I'm still a boy? It's time I understood! PODKHALYUZIN. Yes, but what do you understand? Here's the way things are, sir. Just listen first. Samson Silych and I came to town, and we brought along the list as was proper. Then he went to the creditors: this one didn't agree, that one didn't agree; that's the way, and not a single one will take up the proposition. That's the way the affair stands. RISPOLOZHENSKY. What's that you say, Lazar Elizarych? Oh! Just think of it, what a gang. PODKHALYUZIN. And how are we going to make a good thing out of this business now? Do you understand me, or not? RISPOLOZHENSKY. That is, the insolvency, Lazar Elizarych? PODKHALYUZIN. The insolvency will take care of itself; but I mean my own business affairs. RISPOLOZHENSKY. He, he, he!--That is, the house and the shops--even--the house--he, he, he!---- PODKHALYUZIN. What's the matter, sir? RISPOLOZHENSKY. No, sir; that's just my foolishness; I was just joking. PODKHALYUZIN. Fine jokes, indeed! D
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