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Updated: June 5, 2025
To be the idol, the oracle of the household, to meddle in the arrangements, all the gossip and petty trifles of the house is that a dignified position for a man to be in? Alexandra Pavlovna looked at Lezhnyov in surprise. 'I don't know you, Mihailo Mihailitch, she began to say. 'You are flushed and excited. I believe there must be something else hidden under this. 'Oh, so that's it!
Before him stood a tall man, bent and almost completely grey, in an old frieze coat with bronze buttons. 'Rudin! he cried in an excited voice. Rudin turned round. He could not distinguish Lezhnyov's features, as he stood with his back to the light, and he looked at him in bewilderment. 'You don't know me? said Lezhnyov.
'And till his gloomy lifetime's close Nor reason nor experience proud Will crush nor crumple Destiny's Ensanguined forget-me-nots. Alexandra Pavlovna kept looking uneasily at her brother, but she did not worry him with questions. A carriage drew up at the steps. 'Ah! she thought, 'Lezhnyov, thank goodness! A servant came in and announced the arrival of Rudin.
The point is, that Rudin's words seem to remain mere words, and never to pass into deeds and meanwhile even words may trouble a young heart, may be the ruin of it. 'But whom do you mean, Mihailo Mihailitch? Lezhnyov paused. 'Do you want to know whom I mean, Natalya Alexyevna? Alexandra Pavlovna was taken aback for a moment, but she began to smile the instant after.
You remember I promised to tell you some time about our life at Moscow. It is clear that I must do so now. But will you have the patience to hear me out? 'Tell me, tell me! 'Very well, then. Lezhnyov began walking with measured steps about the room, coming to a standstill at times with his head bent.
And as regards Rudin's influence, I swear to you, that man not only knows how to move you, he lifts you up, he does not let you stand still, he stirs you to the depths and sets you on fire! 'You hear? continued Lezhnyov, turning to Pigasov; 'what further proof do you want? You attack philosophy; speaking of it, you cannot find words contemptuous enough.
But I am convinced that besides his cleverness he must have an excellent heart as well. You should see his eyes when he "Of purity exalted speaks," quoted Lezhnyov. 'You make me angry, and I shall cry. I am heartily sorry I did not go to Darya Mihailovna's, but stopped with you. You don't deserve it.
'And you gave up your trysts with the lime-tree? inquired Alexandra Pavlovna. 'Yes; I gave them up. This girl was a sweet, good creature, with clear, lively eyes and a ringing voice. 'You give an excellent description of her, commented Alexandra Pavlovna with a smile. 'You are such a severe critic, retorted Lezhnyov.
How many times I have taken flight like an eagle and returned crawling like a snail whose shell has been crushed!... Where have I not been! What roads have I not travelled!... And the roads are often dirty, added Rudin, slightly turning away. 'You know ... he was continuing.... 'Listen, interrupted Lezhnyov. 'We used once to say "Dmitri and Mihail" to one another.
But that too is slander of a kind! Lezhnyov got up and again walked about the room. 'I did not want to shock you at all, Alexandra Pavlovna, he brought out at last, 'I am not given to slander. However, he added, after a moment's thought, 'in reality there is a foundation of fact in what you said.
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