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"I feel inclined to commit a murder," declared Martyanoff, laughing his dull laugh. "Upon whom?" asked Abyedok, edging away from him. "It's all the same to me . . . Petunikoff . . . Egorka or even you!" "And why?" inquired Kuvalda. "I want to go to Siberia . . . I have had enough of this vile life . . . one learns how to live there!"
Aristid Kuvalda abused this pleasure, and never could have enough of it, much to the disgust of Abyedok, Kubar, and others of these creatures that once were men, who were less interested in such things. Politics, however, were more to the popular taste. The discussions as to the necessity of taking India or of subduing England were lengthy and protracted.
After that I gave her ten roubles, and beat her according to my own rules till I married again!" ... "You are lying, Deacon! How could you marry a second time?" interrupted Abyedok. "Ay, just so... She looked after my house...." "Did you have any children?" asked the teacher. "Five of them.... One was drowned ... the oldest ... he was an amusing boy!
"Seeing that we are" ... puts in Deacon Taras. "Be quiet, Abyedok," says the teacher, goodnaturedly. "Why do you provoke him?" He does not love either discussion or noise, and when they quarrel all around him his lips form into a sickly grimace, and he endeavours quietly and reasonably to reconcile each with the other, and if he does not succeed in this he leaves the company.
"Nothing is needed," said the Captain, decidedly. They sat silently looking at the teacher. "Let us go and drink, old devil!" "But he?" "Can you do him any good?" Tyapa turned his back on the teacher, and both went out into the courtyard to their companions. "What is it?" asked Abyedok, turning his sharp nose to the old man.
"I am always pleased to see human calculations miscarry," explained Abyedok, rolling his eyes and rubbing his hands with delight. The Captain spat angrily on the ground and was silent. They all stood in front of the tumble-down building, and silently watched the doors of the eating-house. More than an hour passed thus. Then the doors opened and Petunikoff came out as silently as he had entered.
One cannot eat soup out of one's hand ... But though you have read and thought, and I have not done that or anything else, we both seem to have got into pretty much the same condition, don't we?" "Go to the Devil!" shouted Kuvalda. His conversations with Abyedok always ended thus.
Abyedok lay on his belly and coughed, shaking all over his small body. The rest of the dark, silent figures sat and lay around in all sorts of positions, and their tatters made them look like untidy animals, created by some strange, uncouth deity to make a mockery of man. "There once lived a lady in Suzdale, A strange lady, She fell into hysterics, Most unpleasantly!"
Nor did they speak with less enthusiasm of the radical measure of clearing Jews off the face of the earth. On this subject Abyedok was always the first to propose dreadful plans to effect the desired end, but the Captain, always first in every other argument, did not join in this one.
I do live, but I suppose I ought not to be angry at the fact that life is desecrated and robbed of all freedom by these men." "And they dare to laugh at the kindly anger of the Captain, a man living in retirement?" says Abyedok teasingly. "Very well! I agree with you that I am foolish. Being a creature who was once a man, I ought to blot out from my heart all those feelings that once were mine.
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