Николаю не давали ни срока, ни отдыха, и те, которые, повидимому, жалели старика, бывшего виновником их потери (если были потери), теперь безжалостно накинулись на очевидно невиновного перед ними молодого наследника, добровольно взявшего на себя уплату.
Nicholas was allowed no respite and no peace, and those who had seemed to pity the old man - the cause of their losses (if they were losses) - now remorselessly pursued the young heir who had voluntarily undertaken the debts and was obviously not guilty of contracting them.