The next day they knew that Bukin, Samoylov, Somov, and five more had been arrested.

In the evening Fedya Mazin came running in upon them.

A search had been made in his house also.

He felt himself a hero.
"Were you afraid, Fedya ?" asked the mother.
He turned pale, his face sharpened, and his nostrils quivered.
"I was afraid the officer might strike me.

He has a black beard, he's stout, his fingers are hairy, and he wears dark glasses, so that he looks as if he were without eyes.