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the sofa-size . Delivery within twenty-four hours, as before. Top secret.
Haven't they got anything smaller, though)
They say they don't. But what's wrong with the sof:l-size, Gustav?
Transportation expenses, sir. Delivery.
But that's kopecks, Gustav.
A kopeck saves a ruble. That is. . eee
prices are up.
. where
alll
P A pfennig a mark.
Gas
The sofa is gratis, though.
Besides ... not convertible.
The sofa or the ruble )
Stop bickering, you' So, where was P Ah, yes ... Twenty-four hours, as before.
Top secret. Are you encoding)
Yes, sir.
Some secrecy' What about them)
I
Nods rOll'ard leopards.
1
But they are inanimate.
Better check it out, though. That l:3andylegs of yours is also inanimate , but look
at the way he is ogling Matilda.
[Wirh rhese words, PerrOlJich }(ers lip,
car~fit!ly
approaches rill' allilllals, a/ld srarrs
ro
stroke
rhefirst one.]
Urrrr, urrrr, pussy, pussy.
ISlIddellly, with all abl"llpt IIiOtioll , PerYOl'i(h sricks his halld IIl1der rhe allilllal's rail.
No
reactioll·1
Looks like ... looks like you may be right.
[Approaches the second allilllal.]
Urrrr, urrrr ... pussycat, pussy.
[The sallie motioll, the SGllle reslllt.]
... that they are inanimate ... But
dO-III'-riyai I/O pro-11c-riyai .
IApproaches the third one.1
That is, trust but check. Urrrr, urrr, urrr , pussy
urrr, urrr , pussy.
What a luxurious tail ...
[Completely absorbed in his investi,Qatiol"l, Petrovich sticks his halld IIl1der Marilda's tail.]
Oho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
