human
What am I to do now? Wherein am I to blame?
gpt
Well, how is the musician?
human
Bad, was Zakhár's short and ringing reply.
gpt
He sighs all the time, and coughs, and says nothing at all, only he has asked for vodka four or five times, and once I gave him some. How can we avoid killing him this way, Dmitri Ivánovitch? That was the way the overseer
human
Well, hasn't he played on the fiddle?
gpt
Didn't even touch it. I took it to him, twice--Well, he took it up slowly, and carried it out, said Zakhár with a smile.
human
Do you still bid me refuse him something to drink?
gpt
Don't give him any thing to-day; we'll see what'll come of it. What is he doing now?
human
He has shut himself into the parlor.
gpt
Put these books to-morrow in his room; and look out, don't let him get away,
human
He kept walking up and down his rooms, and going to the sideboard to try to open the cupboard and door; but every thing, in spite of his efforts, remained locked.