"She'll be dragging Ivan Nikiforovitch out and airing him next." Ivan Ivanovitch was not so far wrong in his surmise.

Five minutes later, Ivan Nikiforovitch's nankeen trousers appeared, and took nearly half the yard to themselves.

After that she fetched out a hat and a gun.

"What's the meaning of this ?" thought Ivan Ivanovitch.

"I never knew Ivan Nikiforovitch had a gun.