"How is that?" asked Marya. And after hearing her friend's
explanation, she nodded her head assentingly.
"That's possible! You remember how you used to hide me from my
husband? Well, now I am going to hide you from want. Everyone
ought to help you, for your son is perishing for the public cause.
He is a fine chap, your son is! They all say so, every blessed
soul of them. And they all pity him. I'll tell you something. No
good is going to come to the authorities from these arrests, mark my
word! Look what's going on in the factory! Hear them talk! They
are in an ugly mood, my dear! The officials imagine that when
they've bitten at a man's heel, he won't be able to go far. But it
turns out that when ten men are hit, a hundred men get angry. A
workman must be handled with care! He may go on patiently enduring
and suffering everything that's heaped upon him for a long, long
time, but then he can also explode all of a sudden!"
CHAPTER X
The upshot of the conversation was that the next day at noon the
mother was seen in factory yard with two pots of eatables from
Marya's culinary establishment, while Marya herself transferred
her base of operations to the market place.
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