"How much do you want for them?"
"Lowest price—ninety kopeks.[9] Not a copper less. Cost more to me. Broke my nail over it—look."
"Sell them to me," said Mishka timidly.
[9] A penny is equal to four or five kopeks.—TR.
"To you? Thinking of having 'em for studs? They'll make first-rate ones—just suit your lovely face they would!"
"No; truth—sell them to me!" And Mishka lowered his tone in supplication.
"Why, take 'em, I say. How much will you give?"
"Take. How much is there for my share?"
"Rouble twenty."
"And how much do you want for them?"