Petrístchef. You must just understand that if you do not get it, the devil only knows what a mess we shall be in!
Vasíly Leoníditch. But I've already said I'll do my best, and so I will. Eh, what?
Petrístchef. Nothing. I only say, get some at any cost; I will wait.
[Exit into VASÍLY LEONÍDITCH'S room, closing door.
Vasíly Leoníditch (waving his arm). It's a deuce of a go!
[The PEASANTS bow.
Vasíly Leoníditch (looking at PORTER, to THEODORE IVÁNITCH). Why don't you attend to this fellow from Bourdier? He hasn't come to take lodgings with us, has he? Just look, he is asleep! Eh, what?
Theodore Ivánitch. The note he brought has been sent in, and he has been told to wait until Anna Pávlovna comes down.
Vasíly Leoníditch (looks at PEASANTS and notices the money). And what is this? Money? For whom? Is it for us? (To THEODORE IVÁNITCH.) Who are they?
Theodore Ivánitch. They are peasants from Koursk. They are buying land.