"I have nothing to do with you; go away!"
"Yes, you have!" said Sitanov, and approaching him, he looked into the Cossack's face with a compelling glance.
Kapendiukhin stamped on the ground, tore the gloves from his hands, thrust them in his breast, and went quickly away from the scene of his fight.
Both our side and the other were unpleasantly surprised, and a certain important personage said angrily to Sitanov:
"That is quite against the rules, brother,—to bring private affairs to be settled in the world of the prize ring!"
They fell upon Sitanov from all sides, and abused him. He kept silence for a long time, but at length he said to the important personage:
"Am I to stand by and see murder done?"
The important personage at once guessed the truth, and actually taking off his cap said:
"Then our gratitude is due to you!"
"Only don't go and spread it abroad, uncle!"