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Hes not young, and hes not an officer, either. Not him, sir. Its the young gentleman thats M. Miüsovs relation Ive forgotten his name. Kalganov? Thats it, Kalganov! All right. Ill see for myself. Are they playing cards? They have been playing, but theyve left off. Theyve been drinking tea, the official gentleman asked for liqueurs. Stay, Trifon Borissovitch, stay, my good soul, Ill see for myself. Now answer one more question: are the gipsies here? You cant have the gipsies now, Dmitri Fyodorovitch. The authorities have sent them away. But weve Jews that play the cymbals and the fiddle in the village, so one might send for them. Theyd come. Send for them. Certainly send for them! cried Mitya. And you can get the girls together as you did then, Marya especially, Stepanida, too, and Arina. Two hundred roubles for a chorus! Oh, for a sum like that I can get all the village together, though by now theyre asleep. Are the peasants here worth such kindness, Dmitri Fyodorovitch, or the girls either? To spend a sum like that on such coarseness and rudeness! Whats the good of giving a peasant a cigar to smoke, the stinking ruffian! And the girls are all lousy. Besides, Ill get my daughters up for nothing, let alone a sum like that. Theyve only just gone to bed, Ill give them a kick and set them singing for you. You gave the peasants champagne to drink the other day, e-ech! For all his pretended compassion for Mitya, Trifon Borissovitch had hidden half a dozen bottles of champagne on the last occasion, and had picked up a hundred-rouble note under the table, and it had remained in his clutches. Trifon Borissovitch, I sent more than one thousand flying last time I was here. Do you remember? You did send it flying. I may well remember. You must have left three thousand behind you. Well, Ive come to do the same again, do you see? And he pulled out his roll of notes, and held them up before the innkeepers nose. Now, listen and remember. In an hours time the wine will arrive, savouries, pies, and sweetsbring them all up at once. That box Andrey has got is to be brought up at once, too. Open it, and hand champagne immediately. And the girls, we must have the girls, Marya especially. He turned to the cart and pulled out the box of pistols. Here, Andrey, lets settle. Heres fifteen roubles for the drive, and fifty for vodka for your readiness, for your love. Remember Karamazov! Im afraid, sir, faltered Andrey. Give me five roubles extra, but more I wont take. Trifon Borissovitch, bear witness. Forgive my foolish words What are you afraid of? asked Mitya, scanning him. Well, go to the devil, if thats it! he cried, flinging him five roubles. Now, Trifon Borissovitch, take me up quietly and let me first get a look at them, so that they dont see me. Where are they? In the blue room? |
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