Ask Denisov whether it is not out of the question for a cadet to demand satisfaction of his regimental commander?" Denisov sat gloomily biting his mustache and listening to the conversation, evidently with no wish to take part in it.

He answered the staff captain's question by a disapproving shake of his head.

"You speak to the colonel about this nasty business before other officers," continued the staff captain, "and Bogdanich" (the colonel was called Bogdanich) "shuts you up.