57/58 Consequently, He will not call in his outstanding debts severely. For He is holy and most merciful." He died after a short but very painful agony. It was rumoured that upon his discharge from the asylum Mayakin had sent him away to some relatives of his mother in the Ural. He is worn out, shabby and half-witted. Almost always intoxicated, he appears now gloomy, with knitted brow, and with head bent down on his breast, now smiling the pitiful and melancholy smile of a silly fanatic. |