human
Lie to you, 'slency? We are no worse off than others in going to work.
gpt
But what will you go on?
human
Don't worry. We will do your work, 'slency, he replied, starting up the gelding, and driving him away.
gpt
Even if we didn't need money, I should want to get rid of him.
human
Why do you need money?
gpt
Haven't no grain, 'slency; and besides, we peasants have to pay our debts, 'slency.
human
How is it you have no grain? Others who have families have corn enough; but you have no family, and you are in want. Where is it all gone?
gpt
Ate it up, 'slency, and now we haven't a bit. I will buy a horse in the autumn, 'slency.
human
Don't for a moment think of selling your horse.
gpt
But if we don't then what'll become of us, 'slency? No grain, and forbidden to sell any thing, he replied, turning his head to one side, sucking in his lips, and suddenly glancing boldly into the prince's face.
human
Of course we shall die of starvation.
gpt
Look here, brother, cried Nekhliudof, paling, and experiencing a feeling of righteous indignation against the peasant.
human
I can't endure such peasants as you are. It will go hard with you.
gpt
Just as you will, 'slency, he replied, shutting his eyes with an expression of feigned submission:
human
I should not think of disobeying you. But it comes not from any fault of mine. Of course, I may not please you, 'slency; at all events, I can do as you wish; only I don't see why I deserve to be punished.
gpt
This is why: because your yard is exposed, your manure is not ploughed in, your hedges are broken down, and yet you sit at home smoking your pipe, and don't work; because you don't give a crust of bread to your mother, who gave you your whole place,[24] and you let your wife beat her, and she has to come to me with her complaints.
human
Excuse me, 'slency, I don't know what you mean by smoking your pipe, replied Yukhvanka in a constrained tone, showing beyond peradventure that the complaint about his smoking touched him to the quick.
gpt
It is possible to say any thing about a man.
human
Now you're lying again! I myself saw
gpt
How could I venture to lie to you, 'slency?