mands. You did one wrong thing in opening the forbidden door, another when you mounted the throne and took my sceptre into your hand, and a third wrong, which has added to the evil in the world. Had you sat on the throne an hour longer, you would have ruined half mankind."
And the godfather once more led the godson up to the throne and he took the sceptre in his hand and the walls rolled as under.
And the godfather said, "See what you have done to your father. Vasily sat in prison for a year and learnt every kind of wickedness and came out completely corrupted. See, he has driven off two of your father's horses and is now setting fire to his barns. This is what you have done to your father."
As soon as the godson saw his father's barns burst into flame the godfather hid the view from his sight and bade him look in another direction.
"See," he said; "it is now a year since your godmother's husband left her, and he goes after other women and his wife has
