“Three or four blocks from here.”

“Tree or four! Und so I shall get soaked! Gott im Himmel , it ought to be vorth more! Vun dollar und a quarter, und a day like dis! But you understand now⁠—you vill pay me de rest of twenty-five dollars soon?”

“As soon as I can.”

“Some time dis mont’?”

“Yes, within a month,” said poor Jurgis. “Anything! Hurry up!”

“Vere is de dollar und a quarter?” persisted Madame Haupt, relentlessly.