" My father answered with a loud laugh , which was more frightful than even threats would have been , and he had not ceased when two reports of a pistol were heard ; he had fired them himself , and had killed two men .
«Мой отец ответил громким смехом, который был более страшным, чем даже угрозы, и он не умолк, когда послышались два выстрела из пистолета; он сам выстрелил из них и убил двух человек.