BUBNOFF. Why—did he want to borrow some of it?
PEPEL. No—he has plenty of his own . . .
BUBNOFF. Oh—are you selling it? You won’t sell much around here. But if you had some old boxes, I’d buy them—on credit . . .
PEPEL [didactically] You’re a jackass, Andrushka! On the subject of conscience you ought to hear Satine—or the Baron . . .
KLESHTCH. I’ve nothing to talk to them about!
PEPEL. They have more brains than you—even if they’re drunkards . . .
BUBNOFF. He who can be drunk and wise at the same time is doubly blessed . . .
PEPEL. Satine says every man expects his neighbor to have a conscience, but—you see—it isn’t to any one’s advantage to have one—that’s a fact.
[Natasha enters, followed by Luka who carries a stick in his hand, a bundle on his back, a kettle and a teapot slung from his belt.]