The Honest Thief

0:01 One morning when I was about to go to my office, Agra Fena, my cook, washerwoman and housekeeper, came to me and to my surprise she started talking. She was always a very quiet, simple and straightforward woman. In the last six years, she hardly said anything except asking about the daily food. At least I had not heard anything else from her. I have come to talk to you, Sir. She suddenly said, you should rent out that small room. Which small room? The one next to the kitchen? Why?

0:50 Because people keep tenants? But who will take it? Who will take it? Who will take it? Good lady, there is not even space to keep a bed there? There is not even space to move around. Who can live there? What is the need to live there? As long as he gets a place to sleep, that is enough. He will stay in the window. Which window? Which window? As if you do not know. The one that is on the way. He will sit there, he will sew or do some other work. Maybe he will sit on a chair as well. He has his own chair and table. He has everything. Is there anything? So

1:38 who is he? He is a good man, an experienced man. I will cook for him and I will charge him three rubles a month for boarding and lodging. After a lot of effort, I finally understood that some old man had somehow convinced Agraf to keep him in her kitchen as a tenant and a cook. Whatever idea Agraf entered her mind would be fulfilled. If I refused, I would not get peace. When she did not like something, she would get lost in thoughts and go into deep sadness for two-three weeks.

2:24 During this time, my food would start getting spoiled. Clothes would disappear here and there. The floor would not get cleaned. Overall, I had to endure a lot. I had seen long ago that this woman who spoke less could not make any plan. It was not in her power to bring out any new idea from her mind. But if any idea somehow got into her weak mind, then stopping it meant her mental breakdown for some time. So, giving more importance to my mental peace than anything else, I immediately said yes. Does she have a passport or some other

3:10 document of this kind? Yes, absolutely. He is a good man, an experienced man. He has promised to pay three rubles. The very next day a new tenant came to my simple bachelor room. But this did not bother me. Rather, I was happy from within. I was usually a very solitary person. I did not have any special friends and I did not go anywhere. I had spent 10 years like this, confined in my world, so I had become used to loneliness. But the thought of spending 10-15 more years like this, in the same loneliness, in the same bachelor room, made me feel sad. Therefore, if a new person was coming and if

3:57 he was of good nature, then he was no less than a boon or blessing for me. Agar Fana was right. My new tenant was really an experienced man. His passport showed that he was an ex-soldier. Although I could recognize him from his face. It is easy to recognize old soldiers. Atafi Ivanovich was one of the best examples of people like him. We both got along well. The best thing was that Atafi Ivanovich used to sometimes narrate an incident from his life. In this dull and boring life, the one who told such a story was no

4:45 less than a treasure. One day he told me such a story which left a deep impression on my heart. This incident happened like this. I was alone in the house. Ata Fei and Agra Fina both had gone out for their work. Suddenly I heard the sound of someone coming from the inner room. I thought that a stranger had come. When I went out, I saw that a stranger was really standing at the door. He was without an overcoat despite the cold autumn weather and was short in height. What do you want? I asked, does a clerk named Alexandro

5:30 live here? No one like that lives here brother? Now go, but the court had told me this address. He slowly retreated towards the door and said, go from here brother, go ahead. I said strictly. The next day after noon, when Basta Fei Ivanovich was mending a coat for me, again there was a sound of someone coming at the door. I opened the door halfway. In front of my eyes, my yesterday's guest came very calmly. He took down my padded overcoat from the hook and went out quickly, pressing it under his arm. Agra was just walking the whole time. I kept staring at him, mouth wide open,

6:15 but he did nothing to save my things. Ata Fei Vano Vich immediately ran after the thief, but after 10 minutes he returned, exhausted and empty-handed. The thief had completely disappeared. Wow, what luck you have Ata Fei Ivanovich. Be thankful that your cloak was saved, otherwise the thief would have put you in a lot of trouble. But this whole incident affected Ata Fei Ivanovich so much that I forgot about the theft and just kept looking at him. He was unable to digest this. In a few minutes he left his work and then

7:03 started explaining again how all this happened, how he was standing there, how the court was taken down right in front of him, he was just a yard away, and how he could not catch the thief. Then he returned to work, then left and finally I see that he went to the gatekeeper to tell him everything and scold him, how did he let this happen in his area? Then he came back and started scolding Agraf, then got busy in his work again, but for a long time he kept mumbling how all this happened, how he was standing here, I He was there and the thief stole the coat from just a yard away from us, etc. etc. Overall, Atafi

7:50 Ivanovich knew his work, but he was a very slow and stubborn person. He fooled both of us. Atafi Ivanovich, I gave him a glass of tea in the evening and said, I wanted to hear the story of that theft again to pass time. I was finding it fun to hear this story again and again and to see the seriousness of the narrator. He made me a fool, sir. This was not my case, but still I am angry. The court was not mine, still this thing is troubling me. In my view, the worst creature in this world is a thief. Some other person takes that thing which you can give, but a thief steals the fruit of your hard work, takes away the

8:35 earnings of your sweat, steals your time. Ugh, it is a very bad thing, it cannot even be talked about. I get angry just thinking about it. Why are you not sad about your thing being stolen, sir? Yes, you are right. Atafi Ivanovich, it would have been better if the thing had been burnt, but falling into the hands of a thief is more disturbing. It feels very bad. Bad, what else, but Yes, there are different kinds of thieves and sir, once I met an honest thief. An honest thief, but how can a thief be honest? Hasta Fei Ivanovich,

9:20 you are absolutely right in this. Sir, how can a thief be honest? No one is like that. What I meant was that he was really a good man, but still he stole. I just felt pity for him. How did this happen? Hasta Fei. This happened about two years ago, sir. I was without work for almost a year and during that time, when I was about to lose my job, I met a poor, helpless man. We met at a bar. He was a drunkard, a vagabond, a beggar. He was once involved in some work, but because of his drinking habit, he lost his job. Such a useless man, only God knows

10:10 what he was wearing. At times, it was not even understood whether he had a shirt under his coat or not. Whatever he got his hands on, he would waste it on alcohol, but he was not quarrelsome. He was a quiet man, a soft-hearted, a good person, and did not even beg. He felt ashamed, but it was clearly visible. It used to happen that he needed something to drink, so we used to give him something to drink and in this way we became friends, that is, he stuck to me, it did not matter to me and what kind of a man he was, it was like a small dog, he used to follow me everywhere, wherever I went, he used to go

10:57 and all this happened after the first meeting itself, he was very thin, like a thin sheet of paper, first he said let me stay tonight, so I stopped him, I also saw his passport, everything was correct, the next day again the same thing and the third day also the same condition, he used to sit near the window and spend the night there, I thought he has stuck to me, give me food and water, give me a place to stay for the night, I myself am a poor man and on top of that the burden of one more, before this he used to go to a government clerk in the same way, he also kept him with him, both of them used to sit together and drink, but that clerk got

11:44 so immersed in some problem that finally he died of over drinking, this man's name was Ilian Ilyich, I kept thinking what to do with him, should I throw him out, then I felt ashamed and also felt pity for the poor man, I had never seen a more helpless person in my life and The interesting thing was that he never said anything himself, never asked for anything, just sat quietly with such an expression in his eyes as a dog looks at its master, I used to think that alcohol can make a person fall from such lows. I kept asking myself again and again, how do I tell him that now you have to go

12:30 Amalia Nushka, there is nothing here for you, I can hardly arrange food for myself, how can I keep you. I kept thinking that if I tell him this, then what will he do? I could see how he would stare at me, he would not be able to understand anything for some time and when he would understand, how he would slowly get up from near the window, he would tie his things in his old torn handkerchief, the same old handkerchief with red stripes which was torn at many places, in which only God knows what was tied, then he would straighten his old worn out coat so that it would look a little better,

13:16 could also provide warmth and its holes would not be visible to anyone because that man was delicate hearted, then he would slowly open the door and go out with tears in his eyes, no, it is unbearable for the heart to see a person getting ruined like this. I get upset and then I think to myself, what is the good condition of my own? Have some patience Emel Anushka, I am not going to stay here for long. I will leave soon and then you will not get any news of me. Well sir, our family moved to another place and my master Filimovich is no more in this world. May his

14:04 soul rest in peace. He said to me, Ata Fi Ivanovich, I am completely satisfied with you. When we return from the village, we will keep you with us again. I was a butler servant at his place. He was a very good person but he died the same year. Well, after bidding him a final farewell, I packed my belongings and whatever little money I had and thought that now I will take rest for a few days. I knew an old lady. I went to her place and rented a corner. Only one corner was vacant in the room. She had been a nurse earlier. Now she was getting pension and had taken a small room for herself. Well, Emel Anushka, now goodbye. I thought that

14:53 now he will not be able to find me. But sir, you cannot even imagine. I had gone to meet an acquaintance and when I returned in the evening, the first thing I saw was Emelya. Anushka, yes sir, he was sitting on my box, his old checkered cloth bundle was kept nearby, he was waiting for me wearing the same old torn coat and to pass time he had borrowed a church book from the old woman but was holding it upside down, he sniffed me, my heart skipped a beat, I thought now nothing can be done, why didn't you throw him out earlier, I asked him directly, did you bring your passport, Imlya Nushka,

15:40 I sat there and started thinking, will such a vagabond create a lot of trouble for me, then I thought he won't give much trouble, I will have to give food in the morning, one piece of bread and one onion to make the food tasty, in the afternoon one piece of bread and onion and at night cross with onion, a kind of Russian wine and if you are very hungry then some more bread and if you get cabbage soup from somewhere, both of us will be satisfied, I myself was not a big eater and a drunkard, as we all know, doesn't eat much anyway, he just needs herbal brandy or green wine, he will

16:29 ruin my earnings with his drinking habit, I thought, but then another villain came and sir this The thought settled deep in my heart, so much so that if Lia Nuska had gone, I would have felt that I no longer had any purpose to live. I decided at that very moment that I would become his father and protector. I would save him from ruin. I would force him to give up alcohol. Okay Amelia Nuska, you can stay but the condition is that you will have to do as I say. I thought that first I would try to put him to some work, but slowly, not all at once. First I would let him rest a little and then I would

17:15 see what kind of work he can do. Every person needs special skills for different tasks. I quietly started observing him carefully. Soon I understood that Amelia Nuska was a very spoilt man. I slowly started explaining to him. I told him, look Amelia Nuska, you should mend your ways now. Give up alcohol. Look, what condition you are roaming around in. This old coat of yours is such that if it starts speaking, it will directly say, turn me into a sieve. Think something. Now the time has come to put a rein on all this. Amelia Nuska sat quietly and

18:00 bowed his head. Sir, you don't believe it. We will do it Alcohol had destroyed him to such an extent that his tongue had become silent If you talk to him directly, he would reply to cucumber's words with beans I kept talking He kept listening and then he would take a deep breath I asked what happened Emilia Lich Why are you taking such a deep breath Oh nothing, don't worry about me Ata Fei Ivanovich Do you know today two women were fighting with each other on the road Well then what happened One accidentally dropped the other's basket which was full of cranberries Then the other deliberately dropped her cranberries

18:46 and also crushed them with her feet Well then what happened Emilia Nich Nothing Ata Fei Ivanovich I just told you nothing I just told you I thought Emilia Anushka you have wasted all your brain in alcohol And do you know a gentleman had dropped a note on Goro Hovi Street No Sado was also on the street probably And a farmer saw it and said my luck has opened And then another man saw it and said no this is part of my luck I saw it before you So then Emilia Neli So both the men They started fighting for that note

19:32 Atafi Ivanovich Then a policeman came He took the note and gave it back to the gentleman and threatened both of them that if they fought again he would send them to jail Well what happened in this Ameli Anushka Nothing special People were just laughing Atafi Vano wich Hey Ameli Anushka why do you care what people think You sold your soul for a copper coin But do you know Melia Nili What am I going to say to you Atafi Ivanovich get some work I am telling you this for the first time Do some work Have some mercy on your condition But what can I do Atafi Van

20:17 I myself don't know what I can do And no one will even hire me That's why you were fired Ilian His drunkard man can't stay anywhere And you know Las the waiter in the hotel was called to the office today Atafi Novich Well I don't know why he was called Atafi Ivanovich Maybe they needed him so they called him I thought we are in a bad condition Poor Melia Anushka God He is punishing us for our sins. Now tell me sir what to do with such a man. But he was clever. The more I tried to explain, the more he would listen to me.

21:05 But when he saw that I was about to get angry, he would quickly pick up his old coat and slip away as if he was not there. He would wander around all day and return drunk at night. God knows from where he would get money. He did not take money from me. Finally, I told him, no Amalia Lich, you are getting into a very bad condition. Stop drinking. Listen to me. If you return drunk the next time, you will have to sleep on the stairs all night. I will not let you come inside. Hearing my threat, Anushka stayed at home for two days. But on the third day, she slipped away again. I kept waiting, but she did not return. Now I will not lie

21:52 sir. I was getting scared. I was also feeling pity for her. What have I done to her? Have I driven her away forever? Now where would the poor guy have gone? May he not get lost. May God have mercy. It was night but she did not return. In the morning, I went to the verandah to see if he was lying there. But he was lying with his head resting on the stairs. And his whole body had become stiff in such cold, oh what will happen now Alia Nushka, may god have mercy on you, where will you go now, what should you do, Ata Fi Vano Vich, that day you were angry with me and said that I will have to sleep in the verandah,

22:39 so I did not dare to come inside Ata Fi Ivanovich and lay down here, I felt angry and pity too, at least you could have taken up some other work, Meli Anushka, instead of guarding the stairs here, what should I do, Astavan Vich, I got so angry that I told him, oh unfortunate man, if you don't know anything else, then learn sewing, look at this torn coat of yours, it is just left to be torn to pieces and you are dragging it around, at least pick up a needle and sew its rags like a civilized man does, oh drunkard, now you think sir, he really woke up the sleeping person,

23:28 I had just said it jokingly, but the poor guy was so scared that he really started sewing, he took off his coat and started threading the thread, I kept watching, you can understand yourself, his eyes turned red And she was very confused, her hands were trembling, she tried to put the thread in the needle again and again, but her hands were so shaky that the thread would not go in the needle. She blinked her eyes, tried to straighten the thread by licking it again and again, twisted her fingers, but all in vain. Finally, she gave up and started looking at me. What are you doing, Emel Anushka. If someone had seen me, how would I have shown my face. Oh innocent man, I had said it jokingly,

24:14 as a taunt. Stop this stupidity. May God bless you. Sit quietly. Don't make a spectacle of my respect. Don't embarrass me by sleeping on my stairs. What can I do? I myself know that I am a drunkard, I am useless. I only give you pain. You are the one who is going to do good to me. And while saying this, his blue lips suddenly started trembling and a tear rolled down his white cheek. It got stuck on the rough hair on his chin and then poor Melia Nuska started crying bitterly. May God have mercy on me. I felt as if someone had stabbed me in the chest. Such a delicate heart.

25:00 Human being, I never expected that he could do this, could anyone even think, I did not meet Anushka, I thought that now I will leave you completely, go on your way as if you are some garbage, well sir, why should I tell you a long story now and anyway these are all small things, it is useless to spend more words on them, if you were here I would not even think about it, but if I had something to give, I would never have let all this happen, I had a pair of horse riding pants, it would take less time, it was very good and first class pants, blue checkered, a gentleman from the village had ordered it, but

25:47 later he refused to take it, he said that there is a little less left, so it remained with me, I thought that this is a useful thing, five silver rubles could easily be found in the second-hand clothes shop, otherwise I could have got two pairs of trousers stitched for some gentleman from Peterburg and the remaining cloth could have been used to get a jacket made for myself, for us poor people everything has a price and at the same time Amalia Nuska 's condition was very bad, he would just sit the whole day, neither drink nor eat He would eat something, just quietly as if an owl was sitting in a corner. Even looking at him was giving me pain. I would just sit and think. I thought either he does not have a single penny

26:34 left or he has really reformed. He has given up drinking and has listened to me. Well, sir, our life was going on like this and then a festival came. I went to the evening prayer. When I returned, I saw that Emalia Anushka was sitting near the window. He was drunk and swaying back and forth. He was feeding me. I thought, let's go and check my stuff. I opened my box. The pants were not there. I searched here and there. They were missing. I searched everywhere. The pants seemed to have flown away in the air. I felt as if someone had stabbed me in the chest. First of all, I ran to the old mistress and suspected her directly.

27:21 But I did not suspect Emalia Anushka at all, even though he was sitting there and swaying in intoxication. No, the old lady said, may God bless you. What will I do with those pants? Will I go for a horse ride? Oh, my skirt has also disappeared a few days ago. I don't know anything. I cannot say anything about yours. Where is the horse riding pants? Then who had come here? Who could have come? I asked. No one came sir. She said I was here the whole time. Ilian Ilyich had gone out and came back and is sitting there now. Ask him. I directly

28:08 asked Emilia Nuska. Emilia Nuska, did you pick up that new horse riding pants? Do you remember which I had made for the sir from the village? No, Ata Fei Ivanovich. She said, I didn't even touch them. I was surprised and worried. I searched everywhere, looked up and down, but there was no trace of the pants anywhere. And Emilia Nuska was just sitting there, swaying back and forth. I was sitting near the box, bent down, and suddenly I took a look at her. Oh God, my heart suddenly started beating very fast, as if my face was on fire. It started getting hot and

28:55 then Emalia Nushka also looked at him, Ata Fei Ivanovich he said, you are thinking that maybe I took those horse riding pants, but I did not even touch them, then where did they go Emalia Lich, no Ata Fei Ivanovich I did not even see them, so what Emalia Nushka did, she ran away on her own feet, maybe this is what happened Ata Fei Wan, he said that I immediately stood up, I lit the lamp, picked up my sewing work and sat down, I was mending a jacket for the clerk living downstairs, but sir, there was

29:43 burning and pain in the heart, there was a sharp pricking in the chest, I would not have felt so much pain if I had burnt all my clothes to ashes, even the Nuskha understood that I was so angry from inside, the guilty man can sense the storm from a distance, just as the birds sense the storm in advance, Ata Fei Ivanovich Malayan Usa suddenly started speaking, his voice was trembling, do you know that the medicine seller of Anti Prorich married that Kosh Wan's wife this morning I looked at him with such a gaze that

30:31 he himself shivered. He read everything in my eyes. I saw that he got up, went near the bed and started groping there. I waited. He kept on moving there for some time and kept on muttering slowly, no, it is not here. Where did this thing go, God? I kept on watching what he would do now. Then he slowly started going under the bed, crawling on his hands and feet. Now I could not tolerate what are you doing under the bed. Milian Ilyich, I am looking for the pet. Atafi Ivanovich, maybe it has fallen down somewhere. Now my anger boiled over. Hey, a man like me, in such a

31:19 condition as mine and you are crawling on your knees to help me. In anger, I called him sahab, as if he was taunting me. No problem, Atafi Ivanovich, I will look for it. I will find it somewhere. I stared at him and said, listen, Imliya, what happened, Atafi Ivanovich, you have stolen this pet, just like a thief and a robber steals. What did you give in return? Whatever you ate and drank, it is his favour. You are taking it off, I was already feeling like this but when I saw him kneeling in front of me, my anger increased even more, no Ata Fei Ivanovich

32:06 and he remained lying like that, he remained lying face down under the bed for a long time, then slowly came out, I saw that he had turned completely white, as if all the blood had dried from his face, he stood up and then slowly came and sat near the window and then he just sat quietly like that for about 10 minutes, no Ata Fei Ivanovich he said and suddenly stood up and moved towards me, even today I can see him in the same condition, he looked scary, no Ata Fei Ivanovich he said again, I did not even touch your pet, he was completely trembling, he was

32:54 hitting his own chest repeatedly with his trembling finger, his voice was so shaky that I got scared sir, I just kept sitting there as if I was stuck to the window frame, okay Amalia nee Leach, I said whatever you want, if I put a wrong blame on you due to my lack of understanding, then forgive me, as for the pet, let it go, I can live without it too. Our hands and legs are safe, thank God we don't need to steal or earn by working hard by begging from the poor Amelia Anushka listened to me completely but kept standing there I looked up, now he had sat down and then he kept sitting there without moving the whole evening,

33:43 finally I went to sleep but Amelia Anushka kept sitting at the same place in the morning when I saw him in the morning, he was lying curled up on the floor of his old court, he was so broken that he did n't even have the courage to come to the bed, after that day sir I couldn't like him, in fact to tell you the truth for the first few days I started hating him, it felt as if my own son had robbed me, as if someone had made a deep wound on my heart, ah Amelia Anushka Amelia Anushka but Ali Anushka sir kept drinking non-stop for the whole 15 days, he would go out

34:29 drunk in the morning all the time and return late at night and for the whole 15 days I did n't hear a single word from him as if some pain was eating him from inside or as if he wanted to destroy himself completely, finally he stopped, maybe whatever he had It was over. Now he again came and sat by the window. Three days and three nights passed. He just kept sitting there, saying nothing, doing nothing. And then suddenly I saw that he was crying. He was just sitting there, shedding tears as if he himself did not know where these tears were coming from. It is

35:20 very sad to see a man sitting and crying like this. Sir, I asked him softly, what happened Emily Anushka. His whole body started trembling. This was the first time I had spoken to him after that night. Nothing. Ata Fei Ivanovich. I looked at him and felt pity. May God bless you Emily Anushka. Forget what is lost. Don't sit silently like this. Oh, nothing. Ata Fei Ivanovich. It doesn't matter. I want to find a job. Ata Fei Ivanovich. Okay, what kind of work is it? Emily Anushka. Any job. Maybe I can find a job like before.

36:05 I even went to Fedo Say Ivanitch to ask. I do n't like being a burden on you. Ata Fei Ivanovich, if I get a job, I will repay you everything. I will return something for the kindness you have shown me. Enough with it Emily Anushka Enough with it Let the past be gone Don't say anything more about it Now stay as it was before Let everything go on as it was No Ata Fei Novich You may think that But I didn't even touch your horse riding pet Okay do what you think is right God bless you Meli Anushka No Tafi Vano Vitch I can't

36:52 stay with you anymore It's clear you forgive me Ata Fei Ivanovich Oh God bless you Eliane Lich Who is driving you away Who is throwing you out Did I not say anything like that But it's not right for me to stay with you like this anymore Ata Fei Vano Vitch It would be better if I leave now He was so hurt that he stuck to his words I looked at him He had actually stood up and put his old worn out coat on his shoulders But where are you going Emalia Neeli just think what are you going to do No now goodbye Ata Fei Novich don't stop

37:39 me now And he started sobbing again Now I have to go You're not the same anymore I am not the same as before I am still the same but you will dig yourself alone Emilia Lich You will not be buried like an innocent child Ataf Ivanovich when you go out now you lock your box and seeing this I shed tears Ataf Iwanowich let me go Ataf Iwanowich and forgive me for the trouble I caused you and sir he left I thought he would return in a day he would come in the evening but he did not come the second

38:25 day passed there was no news the day also passed I started feeling scared now I became so restless that I could neither eat nor drink nor sleep that man had shaken me completely on the fourth day I went out to look for him I looked in every bar and asked people but there was no trace of Emilia Nuska I was thinking that I might find him lying on the side of a street he must have died poor thing he might get hit by someone and get buried in the soil like this when I returned home it felt as if I myself had died the next day I went out to

39:11 look for him I kept cursing myself that I had left him in this condition Why did you leave me alone? On the fifth day of the festival morning, suddenly I heard the creaking of the door. I raised my head and there stood my Amelia Anushka. His face was blue and there was mud in his hair as if he had been sleeping on the road for many days. He had become so thin that he looked like a straw. He took off his old coat and sat on the box and started looking at me. I was happy to see him that he had returned but I was even more sad to see the condition in which he had returned because sir, if I had made such a mistake, if I had been

39:59 trapped in some sin, then I would never have dared to return. I would have died a dog's death but would never have returned. But Amelia Anushka returned and this was even more sad sir to see a person in such a bad condition. I started taking care of him, started talking to him softly and started consoling him. Then Amelia Anushka, I said, I am happy that you have returned. If you had not come for a longer time, then today again I was going to go to look for you in the wine shops. Are you hungry? Ata Fe Ivanovich, I am not hungry, really. Look brother, here is yesterday's leftover cabbage soup. There was meat in it too. It was very well made. Take this bread and

40:47 onion. You will like it. I force-fed him and as soon as he took the first bite, I understood that the poor fellow had probably not eaten anything for three days. He was starving like a wolf. So finally, it was hunger that had brought him back to me. My heart melted. Seeing him in this state, I thought, let me bring something to eat instead of alcohol, which will lighten his mind. Then we will end everything. Now there is no anger left. For Alia, I brought some vodka for her. Take it. Drink it on the occasion of the festival. People drink it anyway.

41:32 You will like it. He extended his hand restlessly and impatiently. But as soon as he was about to take it, he stopped. After a minute, I saw him lift the glass again. He brought it to his lips but did not drink even a sip. He just took the glass in his hand and then slowly placed it on the table. What happened? Amelia, Anushka, nothing. Ata fi wan wich I will not drink. Ata fi Ivanovich, now I will not drink. Ata Fei Ivanovich, does that mean you have given up drinking completely or you are not going to drink today? He did not reply. After a while I saw him resting his head on his hand. What happened? Emily Anushka, you are not feeling well. Yes, Tafi

42:20 Vano Vich is not feeling well. I picked him up and laid him on the bed. I saw that he was really sick. His head was burning. His whole body was shivering with fever. I sat with him the whole day. As the night fell, his condition worsened. I gave him some oil, onion kvass and bread. Eat a little. Maybe this will give you some relief. But he shook his head and refused. No, Ata Fei Ivanovich, I will not eat today. I made tea for him. I also made the old woman nervous. But there was no effect.

43:05 Now I thought that the matter is getting serious. On the third morning I went to call the doctor. He lived nearby. His name was Kusto Pravo. I knew him since the time I worked in the Bosom Yagan family. Once I had a problem. He treated me. The doctor came. He looked at Emily Anushka and said, "There is not much hope left now." There is no use of my coming but if you want you can give me a powder. I thought this is just a trick of the doctors. I did not take the powder and then the fifth day came.

43:50 He was lying there. The gentleman was dying in front of my eyes. I was sitting near the window. The old woman was heating the stove, holding the sewing work in her hands. No one was saying anything. The whole house was very quiet. My heart was breaking apart. It felt like my own son was being snatched from me. I knew that Emily Anushka was looking at me. The whole day I gathered courage to say something to her but she could not say anything. Finally I myself looked at her. There was so much pain in her eyes that my heart trembled. She was staring at me but as soon as

44:36 our eyes met, she quickly lowered her eyes and then said softly, Ata Fei Ivanovich, what is the matter Emily Anushka, if you go and sell this old coat of mine to some second-hand shop, how much money will I get? I don't know, maybe I will get one ruble but I was thinking that I should get at least three rubles for this cloth. It is very good Ata F Ivanovich, how will it go for one ruble, I do n't know Malayalee I said, if you have to sell it, then ask for at least three rubles,

45:22 he remained silent for some time, then said softly Ata F Ivanovich, what is it Meli Anushka, when I die, do not make me wear my coat, I will lie down comfortably even without it, it may be of some use, it may be of use to someone, oh God, hearing this from his mouth, it felt as if my heart was torn from inside, I could see that death was slowly taking him with itself, we sat quietly for some time, one hour passed, I looked at him again, now he was also looking at me, but as soon as our eyes met, he bowed his head again, will you drink some water Amalia Nich yes

46:11 Ata F Ivanovich give it to me, may God bless you I gave him water to drink, thank you Ata F Ivanovich, he said softly, do you want anything else, Anushka no Astan I don't want anything, just what, what is it Meli Anushka, that Ghur rider's pants, I had bought it myself Ata F Novovich, my lips trembled, I put my hand on his head and said softly She said, it's okay Meli Anushka, God please forgive you, go and sleep peacefully. I was starting to choke, tears came to my eyes, I turned my head to the other

46:59 side. Tafi Ivanovich, I saw that he wanted to say something. He was trying to get up, trying to say something, but the words were getting stuck. Suddenly his face turned red, then it started turning white, and then even whiter, and then slowly, it seemed as if he got lost in a mist, his head fell back. He took a deep breath and surrendered his soul to God. That's all for today. We will meet you again in a new episode with a new topic. My name is Rohit, and you were listening to

47:45 Syllabus with Rohit. Thank you.