The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev
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brought along with you, priest, and where have you hidden them?"
"Only two of us came, my father and I," says Mariet. "You are rude to a priest. I don't like that," says the abbot. "You have come here uninvited. I don't like that either," says Haggart. "Why did you lead me here, Mariet? Come," says the abbot. Haggart speaks ironically: "And you leave us here to die? That is unChristian, Christian." "Although I am a priest, I am a poor Christian, and the Lord knows it," says the abbot angrily. "I have no desire to save such a rude scamp. Let us go, Mariet." "Captain?" asks Khorre. "Be silent, Khorre," says Haggart. "So that's the way you speak, abbot; so you are not a liar?" "Come with me and you shall see." "Where shall I go with you?" "To my house." "To your house? Do you hear, Khorre? To the priest! But do you |
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