He remembered an affair with a sharper to whom his brother had lost money, and whom he had first given a promissory note and then prosecuted on a charge of fraud. (That was when his brother Sergius had paid the money for him.)
Ricordò la storia del baro col quale aveva perso i denari e al quale aveva richiesto una cambiale e sporto poi egli stesso querela, dimostrando d’essere stato ingannato (era questo il denaro che aveva sborsato Sergej Ivanyc).