God himself has arranged it so, and it is useless for free-thinkers to maintain the contrary.
JUDGE .-- What do you mean by 'faults,' Anton Anton'itch?
There are various sorts of faults.

I tell every one frankly that I take bribes; but what sort of bribes?
Greyhound pups.

That's quite another thing.
CHIEF .-- Well, greyhound pups or anything else, it's all the same.
JUDGE .-- Well, no, Anton Anton'itch.

But, for example, if some one has a fur coat worth five hundred rubles, and his wife has a shawl-- CHIEF .-- Well, and how about your taking greyhound pups as bribes?
Why don't you trust in God?
You never go to church.

I am firm in the faith, at all events, and go to church every Sunday.