And he began to act quite openly. He would go up to a citizen and ask him straight out:
"Are you satisfied with your existence?"
"Quite satisfied."
"Well, but the authorities are dissatisfied. Please come along."
And if anyone said that he was not satisfied, the result was, of course, the same:
"Take him along!" said Strevenko.
"But, excuse me."
"What?"
"But I am dissatisfied because their measures are not sufficiently rigorous."
"Indeed? Take him."