“...–Did you see how the sky was burning? In Ozeryanka they burned ghouls because they tortured good people. They say they brought cholera. - That's right! To the stake of the double-minded! - How did you catch them? - The boy showed up alone. He’s a ghoul himself, but he betrayed his own people. “If only someone could help us.” And - they glance at each other. Who is the ghoul who causes cholera? Maybe the blacksmith Ostap, who hangs his head in a dark corner and looks into his mug? Looks like it - the face is red, like a kata, the eyes sparkle. That's right - a ghoul!..."