Or they'll drink themselves foolish, not like men but all wrong.

And who was I?
I was Eroshka, the thief; they knew me not only in this village but up in the mountains.

Tartar princes, my kunaks, used to come to see me! I used to be everybody's kunak.

If he was a Tartar--with a Tartar; an Armenian--with an Armenian; a soldier--with a soldier; an officer--with an officer! I didn't care as long as he was a drinker.

He says you should cleanse yourself from intercourse with the world, not drink with soldiers, not eat with a Tartar.' 'Who says all that ?' asked Olenin.
'Why, our teacher! But listen to a Mullah or a Tartar Cadi.