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The gamekeeper is said to be a Rascolnik
(sectarian), and very likely it is owing to this
circumstance that his home is so clean and
comfortable, for it is a well-known fact that the
Rascolniks never go to the public-house, and
that they keep their homes clean and their lives
pure. It is also said that he pays a considerable
fee to the Ispravnik (police-officer), and to
the priest for not interfering with his religion
by forcing him to go to the parish church or
by superintending his sectarian worship. He is
supposed never to eat anything in the house of
an orthodox person, and in his own house he
has particular vessels for preparing food for
orthodox visitors. Of whatever rank his guests
may be, he never offers them anything in a cup
or on a dish which he uses himself. The
children are very curious to know if ‘uncle
Jacob,’ as they call him, thinks them unclean,
but they dare not ask him. They are very fond
of uncle Jacob, and it is their greatest delight to
visit him. When now and then he comes to
Palibino, he always brings them some present,
which is more to their taste than all their
expensive toys. Once he brought them a young
elk, which they kept for a long time in an
enclosure of the park, but which never got quite tame.
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