Kind Sir, have pity, turn your attention to a poor, hungry man!
Its been 3 days since I ate anything; I haven't five copecks for a lodging too.
For eight years I was a village school teacher and then I lost my place and fell a victim to calumny. Its been a year since I have had anything to do...
Hold on Mister. Aren't you the one who met me day-before-yesterday in Sodivya street? But you told me then that you were a student who had been expelled!
Sir! I can explain, i am neither a student nor a teacher, i was removed from the Russian Choir for drunknness...
I agree sir, but what else can I do, I am obliged to lie...
N-No, that can't be so--
Get yourself to work!This is certainly not the way one can live their life
Have done with that lying!! I am calling the police for this act of dishonesty!
I wouldn't refuse, but even skilled wood-cutters find themselves sitting without bread.