But when Stepan Arkadyevitch, going out after him, saw him on the stairs, and calling to him, asked him how he spent his playtime at school, Seryozha talked more freely to him away from his father's presence.

"We have a railway now," he said in answer to his uncle's question.

" It's like this, do you see: two sit on a bench-- they're the passengers; and one stands up straight on the bench.