“By God, I’m already tired of telling you! What do you think? Really, it’s boring: tell, and tell, and you can’t get rid of it! Well, if you please, I’ll tell you, just for the last time. Yes, you talked about the fact that a person can cope, as they say, with an unclean spirit. It is of course, that is, if you think carefully, there are all sorts of cases in the world... However, don’t say that. If the devilish power wants to make you faint, it will make you faint; By God, he'll faint! If you please, see: my father had four of us. I was still a fool then. I was only eleven years old; but no, not eleven: I remember how now, when I once ran on all fours and began barking like a dog, my father shouted at me, shaking his head: “Hey, Foma, Foma! It’s time to get you married, but you’re acting stupid like a young horse!” Grandfather was still alive then and on his feet - let him hiccup easily in the next world - quite strong. It happened that he would take it into his head..."