What could I tell him ?" "But as the Lord willed it so, I do not grumble, your Excellency.

That's what you should have said, or something in this spirit.

Governors, my dear, are very fond of meekness in a man." "Was I to look at him like a lamb ?" said Foma, with a smile.
"You did look like a lamb, and that was unnecessary.

You must look neither like a lamb, nor like a wolf, but just play off before him as though saying: 'You are our father, we are your children,' and he will immediately soften." "And what is this for ?" "For any event.

A governor, my dear, can always be of use somewhere." "What do you teach him, papa ?" said Luba, indignantly, in a low voice.
"Well, what ?" "To dance attendance." "You lie, you learned fool! I teach him politics, not dancing attendance; I teach him the politics of life.