Come now, don't cry!" She wiped her eyes and asked: "What about Foma ?" "He's rebellious.

Ha! ha! he says: 'Take away my property, give me freedom!' He wants to save his soul in the kabak.

That's what entered Foma's head." "Well, what is this ?" asked Lubov, irresolutely.

She wanted to say that Foma's desire was good, that it was a noble desire if it were earnest, but she feared to irritate her father with her words, and she only gazed at him questioningly.
"What is it ?" said Mayakin, excitedly, trembling.

"That either comes to him from excessive drinking, or else--Heaven forbid--from his mother, the orthodox spirit.