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He seemed barely awake as he asked twenty copecks as the fare to the monastery and back, but came to himself a moment afterwards, just as I was about to get in, and, touching up his horse with the spare end of the reins, started to drive off and leave me. With some difficulty and a promise of FORTY copecks I persuaded him to stop.
On no account was the navodku or drink-money to the driver forgotten, and it varied according to the service rendered. If the driver did well but made no special exertion we gave him eight or ten copecks, and increased the amount as we thought he deserved. On the other hand if he was obstinate and unaccommodating he obtained nothing.
"Copecks? Not I! Roubles, my friend, roubles!" "H m!" muttered Sarudine, shrugging his shoulders. He did not like Ivanoff, whose jokes to him were unintelligible. "Yes, they were all caught, and the cave was filled up; it gradually collapsed, and no one ever goes into it now. As a child I often used to creep in there. It is a most interesting place." "Interesting?
But why do you ask? Have you stolen something?” “I have,” said Mitya, winking slyly. “What have you stolen?” inquired Pyotr Ilyitch curiously. “I stole twenty copecks from my mother when I was nine years old, and gave it back three days after.” As he said this, Mitya suddenly got up. “Dmitri Fyodorovitch, won’t you come now?” called Andrey from the door of the shop. “Are you ready?
I was paid seven copecks a piece, but was told to give a receipt for twelve copecks, and when I refused to do it, a respectable gentleman in gold spectacles, one of the stewards of the club, said to me: "If you say another word, you scoundrel, I'll knock you down."
Here are sixty copecks. Give them, dear Father, to some one poorer than me. I thought as I came along, better give through him. He’ll know whom to give to.” “Thanks, my dear, thanks! You are a good woman. I love you. I will do so certainly. Is that your little girl?” “My little girl, Father, Lizaveta.” “May the Lord bless you both, you and your babe Lizaveta! You have gladdened my heart, mother.
While we waited in the traveler's room, two boys sung or chanted several minutes, and then begged for money. We gave them a few copecks, and their success brought two others, who were driven away by the smotretal. I was told that poor children have a privilege of begging in this manner on Christmas morning.
It is the season of gain and good humor, and the people show it by unbounded gaiety. Piotrowski took courage, returned the salutations of the passers-by for how could he be distinguished in such a crowd? The gates of Irbit were reached on the third day. "Halt, and shew your passport," cried an official; but added in a whisper "Give me twenty copecks, and pass quickly."
The provisions which they receive from the magazines are deducted from this pay." The value of the rouble at that time was about twenty-four pence sterling, or forty-five cents of our money. "By the edict of 1799," it is added, "a laborer with a horse shall receive, daily, in summer, twenty, and in winter, twelve copecks; a laborer without a horse, in summer, ten, in winter, eight copecks."
"There!" and Foma gave him a coin. "Thanks! Fifteen copecks. Thanks! And if you give me fifteen more I'll crawl on all fours right up to that tavern. Do you want me to?" proposed the barefooted man. "Go, leave me alone!" said Foma, waving him off with his hand. "He who gives not when he may, when he fain would, shall have nay," said the barefooted man, and stepped aside.
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