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48 MAKAR'S DREAM
ened his heart, but because his whole miserable existence now lay exposed before him from his first day to his last, unbearable self-pity overwhelmed him and he burst into tears.
And the ancient Toyon wept with him. And old Father Ivan wept, and the young servants of God shed tears and wiped them away with their wide sleeves.
And the scales wavered, and the wooden bowl rose ever higher and higher!