But, my friends, we must have patience." This pacific utterance only served to intensify the anger of Vasili.
Said he: "Peter is forever repeating the same old story, 'It is a sin to kill any one.' Certainly it is sinful to murder; but we should consider the kind of man we are dealing with.

We all know it is wrong to kill a good man, but even God would take away the life of such a dog as he is.
It is our duty, if we have any love for mankind, to shoot a dog that is mad.

It is a sin to let him live.

If, therefore, we are to suffer at all, let it be in the interests of the people--and they will thank us for it.

If we remain quiet any longer a flogging will be our only reward.