Little black Zarubin was restless as a fly. He smelt of everything, turned his head from side to side, moved his legs up and down, back and forth, sent his thin dark hands flying over the table to seize everything and feel everything. Yevsey suddenly began to feel a heavy dull irritation rising in him against Zarubin. "The skunk!" he thought. "He brought me a monster for my money, and chose a pretty one for himself." But Yevsey knew that his annoyance at Zarubin had a deeper-seated cause than this. He filled a large glass of cognac, swallowed it, and opened his burned mouth and rolled his eyes. "Capital!" shouted Yakov. The girls laughed, and for a minute Yevsey was deaf and blind, as if he had fallen fast asleep. "This Lydia, Yevsey, my true friend, is a wise girl, oh, so wise!" Zarubin pulled Yevsey's sleeve to rouse him. "Whenever I merit the attention of the officials, I will take her away from here, will marry her, and will establish her in my business. Yes, Lydia darling? Ugh!" "We'll see," replied the girl, languidly, looking sidewise at his oily eyes. "Why are you silent, friend Yevsey?" asked Kapitolina, slapping Yevsey's shoulder with her heavy hand. "She addresses everybody by the first name," Yakov remarked. "All the same to me," said Yevsey, without looking at the girl, and moving away from her. "Only tell her that I don't like her, and she should go away." For a few seconds all kept silence. "To the devil with you!" said Kapitolina, thickly and calmly. Propping herself on the table with her hands, she slowly lifted her heavy body from the chair. Yevsey was annoyed because she was not offended. He looked at her, and said: "A species of elephant." "How impolite!" shouted Lydia compassionately. "Ugh! Yes, Yevsey. That's impolite, brother. Kapitolina Nikolayevna is an excellent girl. All connoisseurs value her." "To me it's all the same," said Yevsey. "I want beer." "Hey, there, beer!" shouted Zarubin. "Kapa dear, be so kind as to see we get beer." The stout girl turned, and left scraping her feet. Zarubin bending over to Yevsey began insinuatingly and didactically: "You see, Yevsey, of course this is an establishment of such a kind, and so on, but still the girls are human beings like you and me. Why should you insult them uselessly? Ugh! They're not all here of their own accord." "Stop!" said Klimkov.