A Ruble and a Half Cried the Young Man

Aljona Ivanovna asked the young man to pawn an old-fashioned flat silver watch, on the back of which was engraved a globe. She said: 'The time is up for your last pledge. I will bring you the interest for another month, wait a little' He gave her four rubles and she handed him back the watch. "I shall be getting some money soon," he told his new friend.