"Never mind! Take courage and speak!"
"They say: 'May his belly burst, and his guts run out!'"
Mikhaíl Seménovich was delighted, and he even laughed.
"We will see whose will run out first. Who said that? Tíshka?"
"Nobody said a good word. All of them curse you and threaten you."
"Well, and Peter Mikhyéev? What does he say? He, too, I suppose, is cursing me?"
"No, Mikhaíl Seménovich, Peter is not cursing."
"What does he say?"