'I don't know, your honour. I stood at the sideboard, and was called Anton instead of Kuzma. The mistress ordered that I should be called so.'
'Your real name, then, is Kuzma?'
'Yes.'
'And were you coffee-bearer all the time?'
'No, not all the time; I was an actor too.'
'Really?'
'Yes, I was…. I played in the theatre. Our mistress set up a theatre of her own.'
'What kind of parts did you take?'
'What did you please to say?'
'What did you do in the theatre?'