Now, every act of man is double-faced, Foma.

One is visible to all--this is the wrong side; the other is concealed--and that is the real one.

It is that one that you must be able to find in order to understand the sense of the thing.

Take for example the lodging-asylums, the work-houses, the poor-houses and other similar institutions.

Just consider, what are they for ?" "What is there to consider here ?" said Foma, wearily "Everybody knows what they are for--for the poor and feeble." "Eh, dear! Sometimes everybody knows that a certain man is a rascal and a scoundrel, and yet all call him Ivan or Peter, and instead of abusing him they respectfully add his father's name to his own." "What has this to do with it ?" "It's all to the point.