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He either put some beggar against him, or himself threatened to rob and beat him, till the frightened mujik would disappear from the dosshouse and never more be seen. Then Tyapa was quiet again, and would sit in some corner mending his rags, or else reading his Bible, which was as dirty, worn, and old as himself.
Driven to desperation, the peasant acknowledges to the mayor of the village the cause of his want of punctuality viz., the demands made upon him by his family, and particularly by his wife. 'Give her a good thrashing, is the advice of the mayor. The mujik goes home, ties his wife by her hair to the tail of a cart, and flogs her unmercifully with a whip.
We have always helped each other, my friend. I have much to thank you for." "You have helped me, you mean," said the Cossack, in a rather shaky voice. "No, no each other, and we will continue to do so, I hope, in a different way. Good-bye, Dumnoff. You have a better heart than people think." "Are you not going to take me to Russia, after all?" asked the mujik, almost humbly. "Did I say I would?
The ignorance, sluggishness and intemperance of the mujik belong to the system under which he has been reared: his frank hospitality, cheery good-humor and simple child-like piety are all his own.
I have seen the most vagabond-looking istrovoschik, or drosky-drivers, jump out of their drosky and perform similar courtesies toward each other; and where men of this craft are given to politeness, one may rest assured that it must be a national characteristic. All seem to be the slaves of ceremony, from the Czar down to the Mujik.
Well, of course I gave the alms; but the other part of the performance suggested some painful thoughts. It was surely enough to moderate the ardor of one's aspirations toward a saintly life. Yet, after all, Dominico, every sweet must have its bitter. Let us not despair yet. Next comes a great bearded Mujik, all tattered and torn a regular grizzly bear on his hind legs, and drunk at that.
Having satisfied himself that the blow had taken effect, Dumnoff proceeded to the other side of the field of battle, avoiding the quickly moving bodies of the Count and the porter as they wrestled with each other, and the mujik prepared to deal another sledge-hammer blow, in all respects comparable with the first.
His intelligence was, however, extremely perceptive, and he was not wanting in finesse of the mujik order, combined with a sense of foresight that was utterly amazing. These, with his suave manner, his affectation of deepest piety, and his wonderful fascination over women of every age and every class, had now brought him to the position of the power behind the Throne. He already ruled Russia.
It wasn't much to look at a poor chair I should call it and I thought, 'This isn't much of a find; but there inside it was something sticking as tight as wax!" "The box!" cried Daria, "I felt sure of it!" and seizing Var-Vara by one hand, and the mujik by the other, she dragged them down the street, the old peasant remonstrating and grumbling.
"Oh! merely a simple mujik whose prayers carry right to Heaven," was His Majesty's answer. "He is endowed with most sublime faith." The count then warned the Tsar of the displeasure which Rasputin's presence at Court was creating on every hand, adding: "There are rumours that he is a mere drunken libertine. Make inquiries for yourself of his doings in Petrograd."
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