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I suppose Michael knows more about it -- and I wo n't interfere . '' When Michael had cut up the leather , he took a thread and began to sew not with two ends , as boots are sewn , but with a single end , as for soft slippers . Again Matryona wondered , but again she did not interfere . Michael sewed on steadily till noon . Then Simon rose for dinner , looked around , and saw that Michael had made slippers out of the gentleman 's leather . `` Ah , '' groaned Simon , and he thought , `` How is it that Michael , who has been with me a whole year and never made a mistake before , should do such a dreadful thing ? The gentleman ordered high boots , welted , with whole fronts , and Michael has made soft slippers with single soles , and has wasted the leather .