Ban goc (Tiếng Anh)

CHAPTER XXII. At the time of this conversation the leech Nebsecht still lingered in front of the hovel of the paraschites, and waited with growing impatience for the old man's return. At first he trembled for him; then he entirely forgot the danger into which he had thrown him, and only hoped for the fulfilment of his desires, and for wonderful revelations through his investigations of the human heart. For some minutes he gave himself up to scientific considerations; but he became