You remember that red-headed fellow.
They say that he is a decent man, but nowadays they even call clever scoundrels decent men, because there are no men.

Now Africashka plays the enlightened man; he has already managed to get into intelligent society, donated something to some enterprise or another and thus at once came to the front.

Judging from his face, he is a sharper of the highest degree, but he will play a prominent part, for he knows how to adapt himself.

Yes, friend, Africashka is a liberal.

And a liberal merchant is a mixture of a wolf and a pig with a toad and a snake." "The devil take them all!" said Foma, waving his hand indifferently.
"What have I to do with them?
How about yourself--do you still keep on drinking ?" "I do! Why shouldn't I drink ?" Half-clad and dishevelled, Yozhov looked like a plucked bird, which had just had a fight and had not yet recovered from the excitement of the conflict.
"I drink because, from time to time, I must quench the fire of my wounded heart.