⁠—the kingdom of heaven be his!⁠—was a good bárin , but it was rarely enough that we ever had sight of him: he always lived in Moscow. Well, of course they used to drive the carts in pretty often. Sometimes it would be the season of bad roads, 141 and no fodder; but no matter! The bárin couldn’t get along without it. We did not dare to complain at this, but there wasn’t system. But now your grace lets any of us peasants see your face, and so a change has come over us; and the overseer is a different kind of man. Now we know for sure that we have a bárin . And it is impossible to say how grateful your peasants are for your kindness. But before you came, there wasn’t any real bárin : everyone was bárin . Ilyitch was bárin , and his wife put on the airs of a lady,