human
Listen, says he.
gpt
Peter, --he did not call me _Petrushka_ then,--
human
I can't pay you the whole right away. In a couple of months I could pay three thousand even, if it were necessary.
gpt
Very good, sir,
human
Peter, says he,
gpt
What, sir, what! would you play against such luck?
human
Oh, let us play, I beg of you.
gpt
All right, sir.
human
Anyway, I'll never be able to get the seven hundred rubles from him, so I can lose them to him all the same. I began to play carelessly on purpose. But no--he won't have it so.
gpt
Why, says he,
human
That won't do any good, sir.
gpt
This will make it one hundred and eighty rubles you owe me, and fifty games; and now I must go and get my supper.