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Updated: May 15, 2025
The quarterly inspector will descend on us, and it won't be so agreeable for you to be responsible for Polikarpych." "Still, it's pretty rough. He's been with me fifteen years. And to treat him that way in his old age it would be a sin." "A sin! Why, what harm would you be doing him? He won't starve. He'll go to the almshouse. It will be better for him, too, to be quiet in his old age."
"What do I want him for?" "Use him as man of all work round the place." "How about Polikarpych?" "What good is he? It's about time you dismissed him." "That wouldn't be fair. He has been with me so many years. I can't let him go just so, without any cause." "Supposing he has worked for you for years. He didn't work for nothing. He got paid for it.
He was curio as to get a glimpse of his future home, but the panes were all frosted over, and it was impossible to peep through. However, he could hear what the people inside were saying. "What will we do now?" was said in a woman's voice. "I don't know, I don't know," a man, undoubtedly Polikarpych, replied. "Go begging, I suppose." "That's all we can do.
He's certainly saved up a few dollars for his old age." "Saved up! How could he? From what? He's not alone in the world. He has a wife to support, and she has to eat and drink also." "His wife earns money, too, at day's work as charwoman." "A lot she could have made! Enough for kvas." "Why should you care about Polikarpych and his wife? To tell you the truth, he's a very poor servant.
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