21/121 And if this heathenish leaven is going to rise in him I'll have to struggle hard with him! There will be a great conflict between us. He has come out, breast foremost, against me; he has at once displayed great audacity. He's young--there's not much cunning in him as yet. He says: 'I'll drink away everything, everything will go up in smoke! I'll show you how to drink!'" Mayakin lifted his hand over his head, and, clenching his fist, threatened furiously. Forty years of labour were put into it, and you wish to destroy it? |