"I tell no tales, and I take no money." "Then why do you come ?" asked a voice in the background.

"Some one pays you; who is it ?" "Ah, Tula," said Paul, without looking up.

"You are there, are you?
The great Tula.

There is a hardworking, sober man, my little fathers, who never beats his wife, and never drinks, and never borrows money.

A useful neighbor! What is the matter with you, Tula?
You have been too sparing with the vodka, no doubt.