Set my Ostap at liberty! give him a chance to escape from their diabolical hands.

I promised this man five thousand ducats; I will add another five thousand: all that I have, rich cups, buried gold, houses, all, even to my last garment, I will part with; and I will enter into a contract with you for my whole life, to give you half of all the booty I may gain in war." "Oh, impossible, dear lord, it is impossible!" said Yankel with a sigh.
"Impossible," said another Jew.
All three Jews looked at each other.
"We might try," said the third, glancing timidly at the other two.

"God may favour us." All three Jews discussed the matter in German.

Bulba, in spite of his straining ears, could make nothing of it; he only caught the word "Mardokhai" often repeated.
"Listen, my lord!" said Yankel.

"We must consult with a man such as there never was before in the world...