Just a few days ago I invited Yulia Vasilyevna, the governess of my children, to come to mystudy. I wanted to settle my account with her.<\/p>\n
\u201c Sit down, Yulia Vasilyevna,\u201d I said to her. \u201c Let\u2019s get our accounts settled. I\u2019m sure youneed some money, but you keep standing on ceremony and never ask for it. Let me see. We agreed to give you thirty rubles a month, didn\u2019t we?\u201d\u061f<\/p>\n
\u201cForty\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay the governess thirty. Now, let me see. You have been with us for two months?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo months and five days\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo months exactly. I made a note of it. So you have sixty rubles coming to you. Subtract nine Sundays. You know you don\u2019t tutor Kolya on Sundays, you just go out for a walk. And then the three holidays\u201d…<\/p>\n
Yulia Vasilyevna blushed and picked at the trimmings of her dress, but said not a word.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree holidays. So we take off twelve rubles. Kolya was sick for four days \u2013 those days you didn\u2019t look after him. You looked after Vanya, only Vanya.<\/p>\n
Then there were the three days you had toothache, when my wife gave you permission to stay away from the children after dinner. Twelve and seven makes nineteen. Subtract… That leaves… hm… forty-one rubles. Correct?\u201d<\/p>\n
Yulia Vasilyevna\u2019s left eye reddened and filled with tears. Her chin trembled. She began to cough nervously, blew her nose, and said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen around New Year\u2019s Day you broke a cup and a saucer. Subtract two rubles. The cup cost more than that \u2013 it was an heirloom, but we won\u2019t bother about that. We\u2019re the ones who pay. Another matter. Due to your carelessness Kolya climbed a tree and tore his coat. Subtract ten. Also, due to your carelessness, the chambermaid ran off with Vanya\u2019s boots. You ought to have kept your eyes open. You get a good salary. So we dock off five more… On the tenth of January you took ten rubles from me\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t,\u201d Yulia Vasilyevna whispered.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I made a note of it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, yes \u2013 perhaps\u201d…<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom forty-one we take twenty-seven. That leaves fourteen\u201d.
\nHer eyes filled with tears, and her thin, pretty little nose was shining with perspiration. Poor little child!<\/p>\n
\u201cI only took money once,\u201d she said in a trembling voice. \u201cI took three rubles from your wife… never anything more\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you now? You see, I never made a note of it. Take three from fourteen. That leaves eleven. Here\u2019s your money, my dear. Three, three, three… one and one. Take it, my dear\u201d.<\/p>\n
I gave her the eleven rubles. With trembling fingers she took them and slipped them into her pocket.<\/p>\n
\u201cMerci,\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n
I jumped up, and began pacing up and down the room. I was in a furious temper.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did you say \u2018merci?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the money\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you realize I\u2019ve been cheating you? I steal your money, and all you can say is\u2018merci\u201d!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my other places they gave me nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201c They gave you nothing! Well, no wonder! I was playing a trick on you \u2013 a dirty trick… I\u2019ll give you your eighty rubles, they are all here in an envelope made out for you. Is it possible for anyone to be such a nitwit? Why didn\u2019t you protest? Why did you keep your mouth shut? It is possible that there is anyone in this world who is so spineless? Why are you such a ninny\u201d?<\/p>\n
She gave me a bitter little smile. On her face I read the words: \u201cYes, it is possible\u201d.<\/p>\n
I apologized for having played this cruel trick on her, and to her great surprise gave her the eighty rubles. And then she said \u201cmerci\u201d again several times, always timidly, and went out. I gazed after her, thinking how very easy it is in this world to be strong.<\/p>\n
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