[...hopefully she won't notice the little snow flowers that are springing up behind them as they walk on.]
No, it's fine. I can't let you pay for either of their tickets; that wouldn't be right. [It's not the gentlemanly thing to do. And besides, he will grumble anyway even if she pays for Peromei's ticket. It's not the cost to him that irritates him, but rather the fact that the ticket could be priced so high.]
150 syvls a ticket! Why are people willing to pay so much just to see those actors? [...keeping in mind that in his time, actors were one of the lowly paid in society.]
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No, it's fine. I can't let you pay for either of their tickets; that wouldn't be right. [It's not the gentlemanly thing to do. And besides, he will grumble anyway even if she pays for Peromei's ticket. It's not the cost to him that irritates him, but rather the fact that the ticket could be priced so high.]
150 syvls a ticket! Why are people willing to pay so much just to see those actors? [...keeping in mind that in his time, actors were one of the lowly paid in society.]