KUDRIASH. Come, I say, if you're so wise, teach him good manners first and then we'll learn! It's a pity his daughters are all children, there's not one grown-up girl among them.
SHAPKIN. What if there were?
KUDRIASH. I should treat him as he deserves if there were. I'm a devil of a fellow among the girls!
[Dikoy and Boris advance. Kuligin takes off his hat.
SHAPKIN (to Kudriash). Let us move off; he'll pick a quarrel with us, very likely.
[They move off a little.