Kutshanje umtyelele intombi yakhe kunye nabo ufunda naye kwi-Kashirina. Apha, umbhali ovuthuzayo odumileyo A. M. Gorky wabanjwa apha. Amatikiti abiza kakhulu, kuba abantwana besikolo kufuneka bahlawule ii-ruble ezingama-60, kubantu abadala abayi-100. Sasikwiqela, ke zona iimyuziyam zemyuziyam zivumele umntu omnye ukuba atsibe ngaphandle njengokuhamba nokuhamba. Ukufota kuya kufuneka uhlawule ezinye ii-ruble ezili-100. I-Cashier ibekwe kwindlu encinci emnyango kwintendelezo yendlu ka-Kashirina, apho, ngendlela, kukho indlu yangasese yasimahla. Nangona ndingahambelani ngokupheleleyo nomsebenzi weGorge, kodwa kwakunomdla kakhulu ukuziqhelanisa njengentsapho yabakhulu katatomkhulu babehlala apha ngenkulungwane ye-19. Kunzima ukucinga ukuba kule ndlu incinci kwakukho abantu abayi-16 kwangaxeshanye. Umbhali ke wayinxiba ifani yePesshkov, igama lakhe nguAlexei. Wafa ngoYise, kwaye umama wakhe wasweleka emva koko. Kwakungekho lula eAlya Peshkov kwintsapho katat'omkhulu. Izikhokelo zithethe ngobuchule ngazo zonke ubomi benkwenkwe, imiyalelo engqongqo kwiintsapho zikamalume wakhe. Kwimyuziyam yesiqingatha semiboniso inyani, abanye abantu abazonwabisa bathembekile kakhulu, kwanamaphepha amdaka aphuziyo atyhilwa ngesandla kumhla wethu. Apha ungabona izinto zasekhaya hayi usapho olubi lwebhayisekile, i-oveni enkulu emhlophe, icons, ifanitshala eqingqiweyo. Ngokukodwa abantwana babethwe ziirubhu ezazingaphezu kombhali wexesha elizayo. Kwindlu yendlu encinci, incinci kakhulu, iziseko ziphantsi. Ebhedini sisiqalo esilayidileyo, kwitafile ye-Samovar, amanzi axhonywe eludongeni ngohlobo lweketile, kubonakala ngathi abanini baphila apha unanamhla. Kwiyadi, umnqamlezo omkhulu, ocinezela unyana wokwamkela usapho uVenya Tsyganada wacinezela umthendeleko. Kwizakhiwo zezoqoqosho, izinto ezininzi ezinomdla kakhulu, kubandakanya izintlu eziliqela. Indlu kashirina ityelelwa kungekuphela nje ngamabhendi, ungaza apha kunye nosapho oluncinci okanye inkampani, kodwa hayi ngolwesiBini nangoLwesithathu, ezi ntsuku zilapha. Kwisiqingatha seyure ngaphambi kokuvalwa, amatikiti okuthengisa, kwaye uhambo lwemisiwe nge-17 ngentsimbi ye-17, kwaye ngolwesine nangeeholide nge-19. Kunomdla ngakumbi ukuhamba ujikeleze igumbi ngesikhokelo, ungathatha umsebenzi we-ruble i-150, kunye nokuhlolisisa yonke into ngokwakho, ngaphambi kokuba ifundele amabali e-gork, ngaphambi kokuba afunde iminyaka yabantwana. Baphula abantwana bethu ukuba bawumamele umlomo ovulekileyo, babengalilindelanga nokuba babethanda kakhulu, kodwa bakuvuyela abantu bonke, bavuya. Ke, ndicebisa wonke umntu ukuba atyelele i-Kashirin, ethatha namalungu osapho kunye nabahlobo.
