Fazil Iskander. Beauty and the beast (№ 122321)

Like any loyal traitor, he was shocked by the rudeness of how he was betrayed. He couldn't understand that rudeness is no betrayal feels only himself, the devotee, and a traitor to his can not feel, in any case, with such force. Therefore, any faithful traitor, remembering the sensations,
when he was betrayed, and comparing them with their feelings when he is betrayed with full sincerity thinks: after all, I was not so low.