"They were surely the two men that I'm telling you about," said he, "and there they were standing up in front of me while I was sneezing the blood out of my nose.
"'What do you want?' said I to themselves, and all the time I was peeping here and there to see if there wasn't a bit of a stick or a crowbar maybe lying handy.
"It was the boyo in the skirt that answered me:
"'I wanted to have a look at yourself,' said he.
"'Take your eye-full and go away, for God's sake,' said I.
"'You dirty thief!' said he to me.
"'What's that for?' said I.
"'What do you mean by getting me thrown out of heaven?' said he.
"...! Well, mister honey, that was a question to worry any man, and it worried me. I couldn't think what to say to him. 'Begor!' said I, and I sneezed out some more of my blood.
"But the lad was stamping mad.