“...Before the start of the lecture, Landovsky was surrounded by titled students: Count Tolstoy and three princes at once - Obolensky, Golitsyn and Lobanov-Rostovsky. These gentlemen drove Landovsky into a corner, each of the four considered it their high civic duty to slap him in the face. At the same time, the aristocrats deigned to say: “If you, scoundrel, are pleased to be in the role of our dean’s nephew, then do not think that your mug is immune from slaps in the face... Prince, it’s your turn.” Count, add to him! These speeches were heard by I. I. Davydov himself, just entering the audience to give a lecture on the topic of the benefits of knowledge of Russian literature. One count and three princes stupidly, but still intelligibly explained to the professor that they would beat Landovsky every day until the poor and smart student Kajetan Kossovich was released from the punishment cell...”