The best answer for this question would be:
<span>1.
</span>Gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed
that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it
necessary to disguise them, but simply felt sorry for his emaciated and
enfeebled master.
<span>2.
</span>Only Gerasim recognized it and pitied him. And
so Ivan Ilyich felt at ease only with him.
These excerpts represent how Gerasim feels overall for Ivan
and his situation.
To secure North America for England and prevent Spanish colonization.