“Brothers, clear the road for big horns; he'll hook!“
Saying this, he went to the threshold, struck and opened the door with Chaplinski, and hurled the under-starosta out into the street. Then he resumed his seat quietly at the side of Zatsvilikhovski.
In a moment there was silence in the room. The argument used by Pan Yan made a great impression on the assembled nobles. After a little while, however, the whole place shook with laughter.
“Hurrah for Vislinyevetski's man!“ cried some.
“He has fainted! he has fainted, and is covered with blood!“ cried others, who had looked through the door, curious to know what Chaplinski would do. “His servants are carrying him off!“
The partisans of the under-starosta, but few in number, were silent, and not having the courage to take his part, looke
