Perhaps I ought not to have spoken before them, but I am not a diplomatist.

That's why I joined the hussars, thinking that here one would not need finesse; and he tells me that I am lying--so let him give me satisfaction..." "That's all right.

No one thinks you a coward, but that's not the point.

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.