THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
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much as you like, but I give you fair warning: take care the same thing doesn't happen to you!
And I say this because, you see, the people of Novokamensk have more than once seen that very same devil again. Ever since he has had a taste of the miller, he doesn't want to go home without some dainty morsel. So he flies about, peering in every direction like a lost bird.
Therefore, take care, good people, that something evil doesn't befall you.
And now, good-bye! If I haven't told the story to suit your taste, don't think ill of me, I'm only plain man.
