You're both wrong.

You're more wrong externally, and he inwardly.

" "Ah, ah! You see that, you see that!" Nikolay shouted joyfully.

"But I personally value friendly relations with you more because..." "Why, why?" Konstantin could not say that he valued it more because Nikolay was unhappy, and needed affection.

But Nikolay knew that this was just what he meant to say, and scowling he took up the vodka again.