KLESHTCH [_sitting down to his work_] Well--Natasha will bring her in
here--
SATINE. Vassily--give me five kopecks!
THE ACTOR [_to Satine_] Oh, you--always five kopecks--Vassya--give us
twenty kopecks--
PEPEL. I'd better give it to them now before they ask for a ruble.
Here you are!
SATINE. Gibraltar! There are no kindlier people in the world than
thieves!