(That was when his brother Sergius had paid the money for him.) Then he remembered the night which Nicholas had spent in the police cells for disorderly conduct, and the disgraceful proceedings he had instigated against his brother Sergius Ivanich, whom he accused of not having paid out to him his share of his mother's fortune: and lastly, the time when his brother took an official appointment in one of the Western Provinces and was there arrested for assaulting an Elder...
Recordó también que en cierto caso su hermano había tomado a su servicio un mozo del pueblo y en un momento de ira le había golpeado tan brutalmente que había sido llevado a los Tribunales; se acordó aún de cuando su hermano, perdiendo dinero con un fullero, le había aceptado una letra, denunciándole después por engaño (a aquella letra se refería Sergio Ivanovich). Otra vez Nicolás había pasado una noche en la prevención por alboroto.