They talked first of the prices of goods and the condition of business; they referred to a person whom they both knew; then they plunged into the fair at Nijni Novgorod.

他们首先谈论商品价格和生意状况；他们提到了一个他们都认识的人；然后他们一头扎进了尼尼诺夫哥罗德的集市。