Page:Complete Works of Count Tolstoy - 18.djvu/245

. Wait and let us hear what Fédor Iványch has to say. If he cannot persuade him, I will try a trick.

. You will trick him?

. I will try.

. Oh, the girl wants to intercede for us? You get our request granted, and, let me say, we will agree to take care of you at the Commune's charge. That's it.

. If this affair will be introduced into action, in rivality, we can pay you with gold.

. Of course!

. I can't promise for sure. As the proverb says: a trial is no joke, and—

. And a request is no misfortune. That is so in rivality.

. No, my friends, you will not succeed. He does not consent, and he will not. Take your paper! Go, go!

(takes the paper to Tánya). So, for example, we will be relaying on you.

. In a minute, in a minute. Go and wait in the street for me! I will be there at once, and I will tell you something. (Peasants exeunt.)

. Fédor Iványch, my dear, please ask the master to come out for a minute. I have to tell him a word or two.

. What news is this?

. It is important, Fédor Iványch. Ask him, Fédor Iványch! There is nothing bad about it, upon my word!