RISPOLÓZHENSKY. Certainly we have, my dear lady. Nowadays they're very dear; they say the frost got them. My dear Lázar Elizárych, how do you do? Is that vodka? I'll just take a thimbleful, Lázar Elizárych.
AGRAFÉNA KONDRÁTYEVNA goes out with OLIMPIÁDA SAMSÓNOVNA.
PODKHALYÚZIN. Why is it you've favored us with a visit, may I inquire?
RISPOLÓZHENSKY. He, he, he!—What a joker you are, Lázar Elizárych! Of course you know why.
PODKHALYÚZIN. And what may that be, I should like to know, sir?
RISPOLÓZHENSKY. For money, Lázar Elizárych, for money! Anybody else might come for something different, but I always come for money!
PODKHALYÚZIN. You come mighty blamed often for money.
RISPOLÓZHENSKY. How can I help it, Lázar Elizárych, when you give me only five rubles at a time? You see I have a family.
PODKHALYÚZIN. You couldn't expect me to give you a hundred at a time!
RISPOLÓZHENSKY. If you'd give it to me all at once, I shouldn't keep coming to you.