“A bad business,” said he. “You are doing wrong, Iván! Ah! it’s very bad⁠—not for him so much as for yourself!⁠ ⁠… Well, they’ll flog him: but will that do you any good?”

“He’ll not do it again,” said Iván.

“What is it he’ll not do again? What has he done worse than you?”

“Why, think of the harm he has done me!” said Iván. “He nearly killed my wife, and now he’s threatening to burn us up. Am I to thank him for it?”