“I never studied mathematics——”
He made a gesture of impatience, and she added,—“but I believe that the figures are correct.”
“And suppose they are correct,—then what?”
He was growing angry.
“What do I know?” replied Chashke, coldly. “If they are correct, then from the looks of things, matters can’t be otherwise.”
“What do you mean,—‘can’t be otherwise?’ Am I, then, to do just like all the other bosses?”
“Who’s telling you to become a boss?”
He looked at her in astonishment.
“Well, what are you staring at? Keep on working as you’ve done up to now. Don’t take it into your head to run a factory....”
“There’s talk for you!”