"I know how to defend myself and my family and I have a protector too--my son, such a shot, a rider and a fighter as does not exist in all Mongolia.

I am very sorry that you will not make the acquaintance of my boy.

He has gone off to the herds and will return only tomorrow evening." We took most cordial leave of each other and I promised to stop with him on my return.
"Well, what yarns did Bobroff tell you about us ?" was the question with which Kanine and Gorokoff met me when I came back to the station.
"Nothing about you," I answered, "because he did not even want to speak with me when he found out that I was staying in your house.

What is the trouble between you ?" I asked of them, expressing complete astonishment on my face.
"It is an old score," growled Gorokoff.
"A malicious old churl," Kanine added in agreement, the while the frightened, suffering-laden eyes of his wife again gave expression to terrifying horror, as if she momentarily expected a deadly blow.
Gorokoff began to pack his luggage in preparation for the journey with us the following morning.

We prepared our simple beds in an adjoining room and went to sleep.