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his standing instructions avoided taking a bus or tram but went instead to
the nearby taxi-rank.
As soon as the three cab-drivers on the rank saw a fare approaching
with a chock-full briefcase under his arm, all three of them instantly drove
off empty, scowling back as they went. Amazed, the accountant stood for a
while wondering what this odd behaviour could mean. After about three
minutes an empty cab drove up the the rank, the driver grimacing with
hostility when he saw his fare.
'Are you free? ' asked Vassily Stepanovich with an anxious cough.
'Show me your money,' snarled the driver.
Even more amazed, the accountant clutched his precious briefcase under
one arm, pulled a ten-rouble note out of his wallet and showed it to the
driver.
'I'm not taking you,' he said curtly.
'Excuse me, but . . .' The accountant began, but the driver
interrupted him:
'Got a three-rouble note? '
The bewildered accountant took out two three-rouble notes from his
wallet and showed them to the driver.
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