and danced the Cossack dance to please you.

_Oui, la comparaison peut etre permise.

C'etait comme un petit Cosaque du Don qui sautait sur sa propre tombe._ Now..." "Stop, Stepan Trofimovitch, you are horribly long-winded.

You didn't dance, but came to see me in a new tie, new linen, gloves, scented and pomatumed.

I assure you that you were very anxious to get married yourself; it was written on your face, and I assure you a most unseemly expression it was.