Listen! If anyone else does the same, I will pay him a hundred imperials.

Do you understand ?" The Englishman nodded, but gave no indication whether he intended to accept this challenge or not.

Anatole did not release him, and though he kept nodding to show that he understood, Anatole went on translating Dolokhov's words into English.

A thin young lad, an hussar of the Life Guards, who had been losing that evening, climbed on the window sill, leaned over, and looked down.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" he muttered, looking down from the window at the stones of the pavement.
"Shut up!" cried Dolokhov, pushing him away from the window.

The lad jumped awkwardly back into the room, tripping over his spurs.
Placing the bottle on the window sill where he could reach it easily, Dolokhov climbed carefully and slowly through the window and lowered his legs.