"You will have a fine swarm! You will be worrying about it."
"Worrying? No, my friend! I have never worried about anything in life but sins. There is nothing more precious than the soul."
"That is so; but still, it is not good if things do not run right at home."
"If things do not run right in our soul, it is worse. We have made a vow, so let us go! Truly, let us go!"
II.
Eliséy persuaded his friend to go. Efím thought and thought about it, and on the following morning he came to Eliséy.
"Well, let us go," he said, "you have spoken rightly. God controls life and death. We must go while we are alive and have strength."
A week later the old men started.
Tarásych had money at home. He took one hundred roubles with him and left two hundred with his wife.