Les Bas-fonds
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I read a lot when I was a telegraphist.
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And in Hamlet -
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In Hamlet the poet says -
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Words, words and more words.
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There's a great play.
I played the gravedigger.

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You'd better start
playing the sweeper.

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You make so much noise.
You bang and bang.

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It's killing my ears.
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- Has my wife been in?
- I don't know.

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You're a nuisance.
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You've got your spot, your bed,
your workbench, yourself -

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and all that for two rubles a month.
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I’ll have to charge you
half a ruble extra.

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Charge me extra for a rope
and strangle me.

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Why should l?
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What good would that do me?
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On the contrary, may God keep you.
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Live as you like,
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and with that
half ruble you give me

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I’ll light a candle to the Holy Virgin.
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It will atone for my sins...
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and yours as well.
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Don't you worry about your sins?
You're a wicked man.

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No one likes you or respects you.
You're a nuisance.

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Let me work.
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You're not like the actor.
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At least he's a good man.
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He doesn't make noise.
He's an educated man.

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Kostylyov, I don't have any money.
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Will you give me credit?
As a reward for my goodness.

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Goodness is not rewarded
with gold, my friend.

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Goodness is
the most precious of treasures.

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That has nothing to do
with what you owe me.

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You owe me your goodness
free of charge, poor fool.

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Wretched old crook!

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