human
It will be a sin and a shame, Seryóha, said the cook at the station-house one day,
gpt
Well, now, have I denied it? urged Seryóha.
human
I am going to buy him a stone, as I said I would. I can get one for a ruble and a half. I have not forgotten about it; I'll have to get it. As soon as I happen to be in town, then I'll buy him one.
gpt
You ought at least to put up a cross, that's what you ought to do, said an old driver.
human
It isn't right at all. You're wearing those boots now.
gpt
Yes. But where could I get him a cross? You wouldn't want to make one out of an old piece of stick, would you?
human
What is that you say? Make one out of an old piece of stick? No; take your axe, go out to the wood a little earlier than usual, and you can hew him out one. Take a little ash-tree, and you can make one. You can have a covered cross. If you go then, you won't have to give the watchman a little drink of vodka. One doesn't want to give vodka for every trifle. Now, yesterday I broke my axletree, and I go and hew out a new one of green wood. No one said a word.