"well, i’ll change it, right or wrong; i’ll say that you are not sceptical, but jealous. there! you are deadly jealous of gania, over a certain proud damsel! come!" colia jumped up, with these words, and burst out laughing. he laughed as he had perhaps never laughed before, and still more when he saw the prince flushing up to his temples. he was delighted that the prince should be jealous about aglaya. however, he stopped immediately on seeing that the other was really hurt, and the conversation continued, very earnestly, for an hour or more.