'Cessez!' [Leave off!] said she with mock severity. 'And we thought we should find you on the field, Vasily Semenich! Were you there?' she said to the doctor, a sickly-looking man.
— Cessez — ella disse con scherzosa severità. — E noi credevamo di trovarvi nei campi, Vasilij Semënyc — disse rivolta al dottore, persona alquanto malaticcia — eravate là?