Was it that nothing would come of his pun: 'I had business with a Jew, but could not get at him even to say ajew (adieu),' or was it something else?
Cuando, por fin, Bolgarinov le recibió, lo hizo con extrema amabilidad, visiblemente satisfecho de poder humillarle y no dejándole ninguna esperanza sobre el éxito de su gestión.