--Osip.

OSIP. Yes, sir?

KHLESTAKOV [In a voice just as loud, but not quite so
resolute]. Go down there.

OSIP. Where?

KHLESTAKOV [in a voice not at all resolute, nor loud,
but almost in entreaty]. Down to the restaurant--tell
them--to send up dinner.

OSIP. No, I won't.

KHLESTAKOV. How dare you, you fool!

OSIP. It won't do any good, anyhow. The landlord
said he won't let you have anything more to eat.

KHLESTAKOV. How dare he! What nonsense is this?

OSIP. He'll go to the Governor, too, he says. It's
two weeks now since you've paid him, he says. You
and your master are cheats, he says, and your master
is a blackleg besides, he says. We know the breed.
We've seen swindlers like him before.

KHLESTAKOV. And you're delighted, I suppose, to repeat
all this to me, you donkey.