How was one to get rid of you ?" "I'll only mention one thing," observed Mavriky Nikolaevitch, pondering the matter with painful effort.

"If a combatant declares beforehand that he will fire in the air the duel certainly cannot go on...

for obvious and...

delicate reasons." "I haven't declared that I'll fire in the air every time," cried Stavrogin, losing all patience.

"You don't know what's in my mind or how I intend to fire again....