"Andrew, do leave off," said Princess Mary.

" Don't tell him, Pelageya.

" "No... why not, my dear, why shouldn't I? I like him.

He is kind, he is one of God's chosen, he's a benefactor, he once gave me ten rubles, I remember.

When I was in Kiev, Crazy Cyril says to me (he's one of God's own and goes barefoot summer and winter), he says, 'Why are you not going to the right place? Go to Kolyazin where a wonder-working icon of the Holy Mother of God has been revealed.