"How can it be that a man is educated, and at the same time stupid?"
"I don't know how it can be," answered Meir, his eyes dilating as though he saw before him a bottomless precipice.
Then a conversation started, made up of quick questions and answers:
"What did he tell you?"
"What was very stupid?"
"Why did not you ask him about wise things?"
"I did ask him, but he didn't even know what I meant."
"Did he not tell you what he thought of?"
"He told me he thought of how he could best buy a beautiful house which would bring him an income of two thousand roubles."
"He can think about the house, but about what else does he think?"