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'I can get one.... But what do you want with a spade, Mihailo Andreitch, sir? 'I want to dig myself a grave, Timofay, and to lie here for time everlasting between my father and mother. There's only this spot left me in the world. Get a spade! 'Yes, sir, said Timofay; he went and got it.
And anything to drink? The money-lender was delighted. 'Why, of course ... I should think so. 'You invite Timofay too? 'Well, ... yes, him too. Misha pondered. 'Only, mind ... you made me a beggar, you know.... Don't think you can get off with one bottle! 'Set your mind at rest ... there shall be all you can want.
And Misha began at once digging in the ground, while Timofay stood by, his chin propped in his hand, repeating: 'It's all that's left for you and me, master! Misha dug and dug, from time to time observing: 'Life's not worth living, is it, Timofay? 'It's not indeed, master. The hole was already of a good depth. People saw what Misha was about, and ran to tell the new owner about it.
'And will you be perfectly contented with such a position? asked Elena, leaning on her elbow and looking him straight in the face. 'Perfectly, Elena Nikolaevna, perfectly. What could be a finer vocation? To follow, perhaps, in the steps of Timofay Nikolaevitch ... The very thought of such work fills me with delight and confusion ... yes, confusion... which comes from a sense of my own deficiency.
He found Misha sitting on the ground between the tombstones, asked for his hand to kiss, as in old times, and even shed tears on seeing the rags which clothed the limbs of his once pampered young charge. Misha gazed long and silently at the old man. 'Timofay! he said at last; Timofay started. 'What do you desire? 'Have you a spade?
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