suddenly, for no reason at all, our prince perpetrated two or three impossible outrages against various persons; the point being that these outrages were absolutely unheard of, quite beyond the pale, utterly out of the ordinary, completely ridiculous and very childish. The devil knows why he did it: there was no good reason. One of the most respected senior members of our club, Pavel Pavlovich Gaganoy, an elderly gentleman with a fine record of service, had the innocent habit of adding to almost every phrase the passionate exclamation, ¡®No, sir, I won¡¯t be led around by the nose!¡¯ Well, what harm was there in that? But one day in the club when he uttered these words in the context of a heated discussion among a small group of members who¡¯d gathered around him (all persons of some consequence), Nikolai Vsevolodovich, who was standing alone apart and not participating in the discussion, suddenly went up to Pavel Pavlovich, seized him suddenly but frimly by the nose with two fingers, and proceeded to drag him several paces around the room behind him. He couldn¡¯t have had any grudge against Mr Gaganov. One might conclude that it was merely a schoolboy¡¯s prank, quite unforgivable, of course; however, it was later reported that in the midst of his action Nikolai Vsevolodovich was almost in a trance, ¡®as if he were out of his mind¡¯. But this circumstance was recalled and analyzed only much later. In the heat of the moment all they recalled was the next instant, when he certainly was well aware of everything that was going on, and was not only not embarrassed but on the contrary wore a cheerful, malicious grin, ¡®not seeming the least bit sorry¡¯. There was a terrible commotion; he was surrounded at once. Nikolai Vsevolodovich kept turning to look around, without responding to anyone, and gazing with curiosity at the people who were shouting at him. At last all of a sudden he seemed to become aware once again; at least that¡¯s how it was reported. He frowned, went up to the insulted Pavel Pavlovich decisively, and in obvious irritation muttered very quickly:
¡®You must forgive me, of course¡¦I really have no idea why I suddenly felt like doing such a stupid thing¡¦¡¯
This casual apology was equivalent to a fresh insult. The outcry got even worse. Nikolai Vsevolodovich shrugged his shoulders and left.
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