17/21 He and Andrey seemed not to notice anything; not to hear the outcries that pursued them. They moved calmly, without haste, and talked loudly about commonplaces. They were stopped by Mironov, a modest, elderly man, respected by everybody for his clean, sober life. Well, and such an exciting day, too," Mironov responded, staring fixedly at the comrades. He said to them in an undertone: "Boys, I hear you're going to make an awful row--smash the superintendent's windows." "Why, are we drunk ?" exclaimed Pavel. |