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well; but the nobleman must let his overseer go with
thee, or else he never will believe that thou really
didst go to hell.”—So the nobleman told his overseer
that he must go to hell too, so they went together ;
and when they got there the rulers of hell laid hands
upon the overseer straightway. ‘Thou dog!” roared
they, “we've been looking out for thee for some
tine!” So Ivan returned without the overseer, and
the nobleman said to him: “ Where’s my overseer?”
—“‘T left him in hell,” said Ivan, “and they said
there that they were waiting for you, sir, too.”—
When the nobleman heard this he hanged himself,
but Ivan lived happily with his wife.