"And precisely what is it?"
"Will you not deign to sell your inn?"
"What inn?"
"Why, the one which stands on the highway, not far from here."
"But that inn does not belong to me. That is Akím's inn."
"Why is n't it yours? It stands on your land, ma'am."
"Assuming that the land is mine .... bought in my name; still the inn is his."
"Just so, ma'am. So then, won't you sell it to us, ma'am?"
"I am to sell it?"
"Just so, ma'am. And we would pay a good price for it."