Now, brothers, I know it's hard on you. But there's nothing we can do. Be patient. It will soon be over. We'll see our guests out, and then we shall rest. It's hard on you, but you're at home. But for them? You see what they've come to. Worse than the lowliest beggars. When they were strong, we didn't spare ourselves. But now, we can spare them. They're human beings too. Right, lads? But after all is said and done, who asked them to come here? It serves them right to have their snouts pushed into the mud.
And blessed be the people who in the hour of trial, without asking how others, acting by the rules, behaved in similar circumstances, simply and easily raise the first cudgel that falls into their hands and smite with it until the feelings of resentment and revenge in their souls change to scorn and pity.
And so, gentlemen, it is left to me to pay for the broken pots.
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