Then he remembered the night which Nicholas had spent in the police cells for disorderly conduct, and the disgraceful proceedings he had instigated against his brother Sergius Ivanich, whom he accused of not having paid out to him his share of his mother's fortune: and lastly, the time when his brother took an official appointment in one of the Western Provinces and was there arrested for assaulting an Elder...
Ricordò ch’egli aveva passato una notte in guardina per atti di violenza. Ricordò l’ignobile processo che aveva imbastito contro il fratello Sergej Ivanyc per accusarlo di non aver pagato la quota del fondo materno; e la sua ultima impresa, quando cioè, inviato come impiegato nella regione occidentale, era stato messo sotto processo per aver percosso un collega anziano...