ThePoles, too, , theyhadnotsleptallnight, andonthearrivalofthepoliceofficerstheyhastilydressedandgotready, , , , whowasstandingononeside, takinghimintheirignoranceforthemostimportantpersonandincommand, andaddressedhimateverywordas "PanColonel." OnlyafterseveralreproofsfromMihailMakarovitchhimself, , pastandpresent, PanMussyalovitchspokeproudlyandwarmly, sothatMityawasrousedatonceanddeclaredthathewouldnotallowthe "scoundrel" tospeaklikethatinhispresence! PanMussyalovitchatoncecalledattentiontotheword "scoundrel" .
"He'sascoundrel! Ascoundrel! , too, that, inspiteoftheprotocolIstilldeclarethathe'sascoundrel!" hecried.
ThoughNikolayParfenovitchdidinsertthisintheprotocol, , hecutshortallfurtherinquiryintotheromanticaspectofthecase, : thatwashow, inthatveryroom, MityahadtriedtobuyoffPanMussyalovitch, andhadofferedhimthreethousandroublestoresignhisclaims, sevenhundredroublesdown, andtheremainingtwothousandthreehundred "tobepaidnextdayinthetown." HehadswornatthetimethathehadnotthewholesumwithhimatMokroe, , andMitya, afterthinkingforamomentadmitted, frowning, thatitmusthavebeenasthePolesstated, thathehadbeenexcitedatthetime, andmightindeedhavesaidso.
