SAMSÓN SÍLYCH comes in.
SCENE IX
FOMÍNISHNA and BOLSHÓV
BOLSHÓV. Has that shyster been cooking up any deviltry here?
FOMÍNISHNA. They've cooked cabbage soup with corned beef, and roast goose.
BOLSHÓV. Are you gone daft, you old fool?
FOMÍNISHNA. No, dear! I gave the order to the cook myself!
BOLSHÓV. Get out! [He sits down.
FOMÍNISHNA goes to the door; PODKHALYÚZIN and TISHKA come in.
FOMÍNISHNA. [Returning] Ah, I'm a fool, a fool! Don't punish me for my bad memory. The cold roast sucking pig had entirely jumped out of my mind.