With honour a business man will get credit everywhere, and everywhere there is a way open to him.

Then come forward, so that everybody may see you and that if you do five copecks' worth of work, you should get a rouble in return for it.

And if you will hide yourself--nothing but foolishness will be the result." They arrived at their destination, where all the important people had gathered already, and an enormous crowd of people surrounded the piles of wood, bricks and earth.

The bishop, the governor, the representatives of the city's aristocracy and the administration formed, together with the splendidly dressed ladies, a big bright group and looked at the efforts of the two stonemasons, who were preparing the bricks and the lime.

Mayakin and his godson wended their way toward this group.