And Afanasy was the more amazed, both at the gold, and at his brother's leap.
"What was he frightened at, and what did he flee from ?" said Afanasy to himself.

"There is no sin in gold, the sin is in man.

One can do evil with gold, but one can also do good with it.

How many orphans and widows can be fed, how many naked men clothed, how many poor and sick healed with this gold.

We now serve people, but our service is small, according to the smallness of our strength, but with this gold we can serve people more." Afanasy reasoned thus with himself, and wished to tell it all to his brother, but Ioann had gone off out of earshot, and was now visible on the opposite mountain, no bigger than a beetle.
And Afanasy took of his garment, raked into it as much gold as he was able to carry, flung it on his shoulders and carried it to the city.