de Rênal did not go out that morning ; he was going up and downstairs incessantly engaged in bargaining with some peasants to whom he was selling potatoes .
де Реналь в то утро не вышел; он ходил вверх и вниз по лестнице, беспрестанно торговавшись с какими-то мужиками, которым продавал картошку.