And he began pricking up his ears and looking around, and by the end of the winter he had discovered a very good post and begun an attack on it, first from Moscow through aunts, uncles, and friends; and then in spring, when the matter had ripened, he himself went to Petersburg.
Petrov, director de un banco, percibía doce mil rubios; a Sventisky, como miembro de una sociedad, le daban diecisiete mil; Mitin, fundador de un banco, cobraba cincuenta mil. «Se ve que estoy dormido y me han olvidado», pensaba Esteban Arkadievich.