make about 400 zlotys per day, out of which the vampire pockets about 120 zlotys. 120 + 180 = 300 zlotys per day. The calculation is correct. Public enemy No. 1 gets richer every day and counts his thousands.
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One more source of income: the cemetery purchases small chemical items (soap, candles, chloride, etc.) in small stores. The store on Gęsia Street next to the cemetery has an agreement with Mr Dobicki, whom it pays off for a monopoly on delivery. They have also made a deal regarding bills: the storekeeper makes out receipts for higher sums and larger amounts than the ones actually purchased. This decent percentage, whose amount I can only estimate at about a few dozen zlotys per day, is a minor deal he makes on the margin of the larger ones.
That is all as far as Mr Dobicki is concerned.
Original shame vanishes with the general decline of moral standards and with everybody focused solely on satisfying their basic physiological needs. You often see women stop in the middle of the street or courtyard, spread their legs, and relieve themselves in front of everybody. Excrement lies everywhere: on doorsteps, on staircases, on stairs, and in courtyards. It is the result of stomach problems, diarrhoea, and poor nourishment. Bowels are giving out. This is a very good justification, but people are starting to act like savages because they do it in front of everybody, without any shame or embarrassment. Caught red-handed while trying to snatch a purse or a briefcase, muggers do not even try to run away. They feel no shame for their deed. They shamelessly look into the eyes of those they were trying to mug. Similarly, policemen accept bribes without any sense of shame. They support such dealings in a totally natural way, as if it were [14] something perfectly understandable. The smuggler and the speculator, the nouveau riche and the briber, the baker and the nouveau-riche merchant walk out of a restaurant having spent
