LABOURER. Oh no! I only supplied him with too much corn! As long as he had only as much corn as he needed, he did not grudge his last crust, but when he had more than he knew what to do with, the fox's, the wolf's, and the swine's blood in him awoke. He always had beast's blood in him, only it could not get the upper hand.
CHIEF. Well, you're a fine fellow! You've atoned for your crust-blunder. Now they only need to drink spirits, and they're altogether ours!
The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.
Curtain [at the ends of Acts III and V] Curtain.
Wife again fills and hands the glasses round Wife again fills and hands the glasses round. ]
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The First Distiller, by Leo Tolstoy
