"You see, 'exactly' is not so easy. 'Exactly!' Why do you want to know? Wos is? Are you an official? Do they pay you for it? Will somebody follow and check your statements? 'Exactly!'"
"Tell, blockhead, tell," the rest encourage him, "now you've begun, tell!"
They want to know what the next questions will be.
Once again he has counted on his fingers and, heaven be praised, there are three more.
"Nine children, health and strength to them!"
"How many sons, how many daughters?"
He counts again:
"Four sons and five daughters."
"How many sons and how many daughters married?"
"You want to know that, too? Look here, tell me why?"