После того как Ипполит Матвеевич, обидевшись на прозвище "предводителя команчей", потребовал извинений и Остап, произнося извинительную речь, назвал его фельдмаршалом, - приступили к выработке диспозиции.
As soon as Ippolit Matveyevich, hurt by the nickname, "Chief of the Comanchi," had demanded an apology, and Ostap, in a formal apology, had called him "Field Marshal," they set about working out their disposition.