"I admit that the peasants have themselves to blame--just as a dog has himself to blame when he is caught in a trap." "Is the case analogous?
Let me recommend those olives--I have them from Barcelona by a courier." "Quite," answered Paul; "and it is the obvious duty of those who know better to teach the dog to avoid the places where the traps are set.
Thanks, the olives are excellent." "Ah!" said Vassili, turning courteously to Maggie, "I sometimes thank my star that I am not a landholder--only a poor bureaucrat.

It is so difficult to comprehend these questions, mademoiselle.

But of all men in or out of Russia it is possible our dear prince knows best of what he is talking." "Oh, no!" disclaimed Paul, with that gravity at which some were ready to laugh.

"I only judge in a small way from, a small experience." "Ah! you are too modest.

You know the peasants thoroughly, you understand them, you love them--so, at least, I have been told.