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"So! ... You might gain a five-rouble note...." "You old scoundrel! ..." And looking into Tyapa's face the Captain swore. "Well, what? Give ..." "Go to the Devil! ... I am going to spend this money in erecting a monument to him." "What does he want that for?" "I will buy a stone and an anchor. I shall place the stone on the grass, and attach the anchor to it with a very heavy chain." "Why?
Then a thin line of light streamed out over the courtyard, and the Captain and another man managed to get the teacher into the dosshouse. His head was hanging on his breast, his feet trailed on the ground, and his arms hung limply as if broken. With Tyapa's help they placed him on a wide board. He was shivering all over.
"Strike a light, there!" shouted the Captain. Meteor went into the house and lighted the lamp. Then a thin line of light streamed out over the courtyard, and the Captain and another man managed to get the teacher into the dosshouse. His head was hanging on his breast, his feet trailed on the ground, and his arms hung limply as if broken. With Tyapa's help they placed him on a wide board.
They had always felt the teacher to be an uncommon man, but now many of them were drunk and the others sad and silent. Only the Deacon suddenly drew himself up straight and howled wildly: "And may the righteous r-e-s-t!" "You idiot!" hissed Abyedok. "What are you howling for?" "Fool!" said Tyapa's hoarse voice. "When a man is dying one must be quiet . . . so that he may have peace."
They had always felt the teacher to be an uncommon man, but now many of them were drunk and the others sad and silent. Only the Deacon suddenly drew himself up straight and howled wildly: "And may the righteous r e s t!" "You idiot!" hissed Abyedok. "What are you howling for?" "Fool!" said Tyapa's hoarse voice "When a man is dying one must be quiet ... so that he may have peace."
"Twenty-five roubles," . . . said Kuvalda, absently. "So! . . . You might gain a five-rouble note. . . ." "You old scoundrel! . . ." And looking into Tyapa's face the Captain swore. "Well, what? Give. . . ." "Go to the Devil! . . . I am going to spend this money in erecting a monument to him." "What does he want that for?" "I will buy a stone and an anchor.
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