The czar has treated me well, and I love him.

By the way, I have not given you my name after all.

It's Terence Kelly." "Is not the czar very fierce and cruel ?" "Bedad, I would be much more cruel and fierce if I were in his place.

Just think of one man, with all Russia on his shoulders.
There is he trying to improve the country, working like a horse himself, knowing that, like every other Russian, he is as ignorant as a pig, and setting to improve himself--working in the dockyards of Holland and England, attending lectures, and all kinds of subjects.

Why, man, he learnt anatomy, and can take off a leg as quickly as I can.