You look at those old men,' said the Prince, indicating a round-shouldered member with a hanging nether lip, hardly able to shuffle along in his soft boots, who met and passed them, 'and you imagine they were born shlyupiks?'
Tu, ecco, guardi questi vecchietti — disse indicando un socio ingobbito, con un labbro penzoloni che, movendo appena le gambe negli stivali flosci, veniva loro incontro — e pensi che siano nati proprio šljupiki.