Besides, one keeps hoping the people will learn sense.

Though, instead of that, you'd never believe it--the drunkenness, the immorality! They keep chopping and changing their bits of land.

Not a sight of a horse or a cow.

The peasant's dying of hunger, but just go and take him on as a laborer, he'll do his best to do you a mischief, and then bring you up before the justice of the peace.