I made no answer, and silently went on my way.


[1] gorodki.

[2] denshchiki.

[3] nu chto, bátenka.

[4] polushúbok, little half shuba, or fur cloak.

[5] bátenka, Malo-Russian diminutive, little father.

[6] papírósotchka, diminished diminutive of papiróska, from papiros.

[7] bátenka.

[8] stranno.