human
--
gpt
What sort of a benefactor am I to you, sir?... I'm doing myself a favour, not you, my good sir! (When he was angry or indignant he always called people
human
)--
gpt
To a beggar give once, give twice, give thrice, he was wont to say....
human
Well, and if he returns for the fourth time--give to him yet again, only add therewith: 'My good man, thou shouldst work with something else besides thy mouth all the time.'
gpt
Uncle, I used to ask him,
human
Why, then, do thou give to him for the fifth time.
gpt
My deceased mother, he asserted,
human
he detested; he loved to watch the maidens in their choral songs, the women in their dances. In his youth, it was said, he had sung rollickingly and danced with agility. He loved to steam himself in the bath,--and steamed himself so energetically that Irinárkh, who served him as bath-attendant, thrashed him with a birch-besom soaked in beer, rubbed him down with shredded linden bark,[40] then with a bit of woollen cloth, rolled a soap bladder over his master's shoulders,--this faithfully-devoted Irinárkh was accustomed to say every time, as he climbed down from the shelf as red as
gpt
:
human
Well, for this time I, the servant of God, Irinárkh Tolobyéeff, am still whole.... What will happen next time?
gpt
human
God have mercy,
gpt
human
and