[The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Leonid Andreyev]@TWC D-Link bookThe Crushed Flower and Other Stories CHAPTER VII 22/44
Heaving a deep sigh, he says: "I don't know what they call you: Haggart or devil or something else--I have come to you with a request.
Do you hear, robber, with a request? Tell your crew not to gnash their teeth like that--I don't like it." Haggart replies morosely: "Go home, priest! Mariet will stay with me." "Let her stay with you.
I don't need her, and if you need her, take her. Take her, Haggart.
But--" He kneels before him.
A murmur of astonishment.
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