He was used to being made fun of.
We know this by him taking this reply in ‘with a sort of humble patience’. This means that he has experienced this kind of teasing - or even bullying before and he is used to it.
Sergei is an altruistic person. He had never used his wished for himself, but he had given his wish for others. He had wished that his sister would be cured of cancer, which was in a terminal stage. He had longed for a friend and had found one in Yoni.
<span>A: It creates an image of the snow falling uniformly like a blanket. This meaning is suggested by "it makes an even face" of both mountain and plain. I guess one could say that the snow softens the features of both mountain and plain and therefore "makes an even face". </span>
In the poem In Memoriam, A. H. H. by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the poet expresses a philosophical belief in the eternal life of the spirit.
"In Memoriam A.H.H." or simply "In Memoriam" is a poem by the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, completed in 1849.
Originally the title of the poem was "The Way of the Soul", and this might provide a clue of how the poem is an account of all Tennyson's thoughts and emotions as he grieves over the death of a close friend.
