" Petya paced the room in silence for a time.

"If I'd been in Nikolenka's place I would have killed even more of those Frenchmen," he said.

" What nasty brutes they are! I'd have killed so many that there'd have been a heap of them.

" "Hold your tongue, Petya, what a goose you are!" "I'm not a goose, but they are who cry about trifles," said Petya.