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If one works geldings, one feeds them with oats; but people have imposed upon him and tortured him all his life and have never fed him, no, not even with oats. "Who imposed upon you and tortured you?" asks old Tayon, moved by compassion. "Everybody! The men who demanded taxes, the heat and the cold, rain and dryness, the pitiless earth, and the forest."
Makar begins to weep, and Tayon weeps too.... And the young gods and the angels, they also shed tears. Again the balance moves. But this time it is in the opposite direction. Makar has received justice from the hands of Tayon. Korolenko does not try to reconcile us to reality, but to mankind.
He dreams that the frost has got the better of him in the woods, that he has died there, and that the priest Ivan, who has also been dead a long time, takes him to the great Tayon the god of the woods to be judged for his former deeds. Even there his natural knavery does not forsake him; he tries to fool Tayon.
Stoddard accompanied by the Officers & Several Gentlemen of St Louis arrived in a heavy Showr of Rain Mssr. Lutenants Minford & Werness. Mr. Choteau Grattiot, Deloney, Laber Dee Ranken Dr. SoDrang rained the greater part of this evening. Suped with Mr. Charles Tayon, the late Comdt. of St Charles a Spanish Ensign. Ducete & Set out from St. 25st refured to fig. 2 Left St. Charles May 21st 1804.
However, he realizes that he was born just like the others, with clear eyes in which both heaven and earth were reflected, and with a heart ready to open and receive all the beauty of the world." Makar thus passes in review his miserable life. Old Tayon is moved. "Makar, you are no longer on earth, and you shall receive justice."
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