he did not in the least--'tis time we do; let us leave him then in the vortex of his element, the happiest and most thoughtless of mortal men----and for a moment let us look after the mules, the abbess, and _Margarita_.

Let us leave him then, the happiest and most thoughtless of mortal men - and let us look for the mules, the abbess, and Margarita.
