human
What! have you lost your wits? You've surely been drinking too much. We shall have to tell your papa. What's the matter with you?
gpt
No, I haven't been drinking; but he ran into me, and did not apologize. He's a hog, that's what he is,
human
Never mind, count, said the isprávnik and Zavalshevsky assuringly.
gpt
He's a mere child. They still whip him: he's only sixteen years old. It's hard to tell what is to be done with him. What fly stung him? And his father is such an honorable man! He's our candidate.
human
Well, the Devil take him if he refuses