human
Gentlemen, what are we waiting for, I should like to know? Why don't we begin?
gpt
Gentlemen, he said aloud, addressing no one in particular.
human
Gentlemen, we propose that you should be reconciled.
gpt
Let us make haste and get the formalities over, said Von Koren.
human
Reconciliation has been discussed already. What is the next formality? Make haste, gentlemen, time won't wait for us.
gpt
But we insist on reconciliation all the same, said Sheshkovsky in a guilty voice, as a man compelled to interfere in another man's business; he flushed, laid his hand on his heart, and went on:
human
Gentlemen, we see no grounds for associating the offence with the duel. There's nothing in common between duelling and offences against one another of which we are sometimes guilty through human weakness. You are university men and men of culture, and no doubt you see in the duel nothing but a foolish and out-of-date formality, and all that sort of thing. That's how we look at it ourselves, or we shouldn't have come, for we cannot allow that in our presence men should fire at one another, and all that. Sheshkovsky wiped the perspiration off his face and went on:
gpt
Make an end to your misunderstanding, gentlemen; shake hands, and let us go home and drink to peace. Upon my honour, gentlemen!
human
I have nothing against Nikolay Vassilitch; if he considers I'm to blame, I'm ready to apologise to him.
gpt
It is evident, gentlemen, he said,