“You can’t do things quicker than you can, Ivan Matveitch.”

“Why, but you are doing nothing! Hey, Savelyev! Talky Petrovitch ought to be your name! I ask you, why are you standing there, rolling your eyes! Set to work!”

“But what can I do alone?”

“Set us a task, Ivan Matveitch.”

“You’ve been told you won’t have a task. Break up the barge and go home. Get to work!”