Does not my lord know that he went over to them of his own free will ?" "Who went over ?" "Lord Andrii." "Went where ?" "Went over to their side; he is now a thorough foreigner." "You lie, you hog's ear!" "How is it possible that I should lie?
Am I a fool, that I should lie?
Would I lie at the risk of my head?
Do not I know that Jews are hung like dogs if they lie to nobles ?" "Then it means, according to you, he has betrayed his native land and his faith ?" "I do not say that he has betrayed anything; I merely said that he had gone over to the other side." "You lie, you imp of a Jew! Such a deed was never known in a Christian land.

You are making a mistake, dog!" "May the grass grow upon the threshold of my house if I am mistaken! May every one spit upon the grave of my father, my mother, my father's father, and my mother's father, if I am mistaken! If my lord wished I can even tell him why he went over to them." "Why ?" "The Waiwode has a beautiful daughter.

Holy Father! what a beauty!" Here the Jew tried his utmost to express beauty by extending his hands, screwing up his eyes, and twisting his mouth to one side as though tasting something on trial.
"Well, what of that ?" "He did it all for her, he went there for her sake.

When a man is in love, then all things are the same to him; like the sole of a shoe which you can bend in any direction if you soak it in water." Bulba reflected deeply.

He remembered the power of weak woman--how she had ruined many a strong man, and that this was the weak point in Andrii's nature--and stood for some time in one spot, as though rooted there.