“You swine, why did you tear the owl to shreds? Was it in your way? Was it, I ask you? Why did you smash Professor Mechnikov?” “He should be whipped at least once, Philip Philippovich,” Zina cried indignantly. “He’ll get completely out of hand. Look what he did to your galoshes.” “Nobody should be whipped,” Philip Philippovich cried heatedly. “Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion. Was he given his meat today?”
