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Updated: May 31, 2025
"Why did they tell me he was not at home, then?" "Where did they tell you so, at his door?" "No, at his mother's flat; I rang at Parfen Semionovitch's door and nobody came." "Well, he may have gone out. I can't tell. Sometimes he takes the keys with him, and leaves the rooms empty for two or three days." "Do you know for certain that he was at home last night?" "Yes, he was."
The speaker's impulsive warmth had surprised and even comforted him. "Why, I've not only heard of it; I see it for myself," he said. "When have you ever spoken like that before? It wasn't like yourself, prince. Why, if I hadn't heard this report about you, I should never have come all this way into the park at midnight, too!" "I don't understand you in the least, Parfen."
'You'd be just such another, she said at last, and laughed. 'You have such strong passions, Parfen, she said, 'that they'd have taken you to Siberia in no time if you had not, luckily, intelligence as well.
"She came up to me and said, 'Do you know who the Pope of Rome is? 'I've heard of him, I said. 'I suppose you've read the Universal History, Parfen Semeonovitch, haven't you? she asked. 'I've learned nothing at all, I said. 'Then I'll lend it to you to read.
It seemed to the prince that he was trembling. "I don't know; I thought it was a hallucination. I often have hallucinations nowadays. I feel just as I did five years ago when my fits were about to come on." "Well, perhaps it was a hallucination, I don't know," said Parfen.
His colossal fortune, with the exception of the comparatively small portion wasted in the first wanton period of his inheritance, went to his brother, to the great satisfaction of the latter. The old lady, Rogojin's mother, is still alive, and remembers her favourite son Parfen sometimes, but not clearly. God spared her the knowledge of this dreadful calamity which had overtaken her house.
Why, if I were an angel of light, and as innocent before you as a babe, you would still loathe me if you believed that SHE loved me, instead of loving yourself. That's jealousy that is the real jealousy. "But do you know what I have been thinking out during this last week, Parfen? I'll tell you. What if she loves you now better than anyone?
He rang at the old lady's door opposite, and was informed that Parfen Semionovitch would not return for three days. The curiosity with which the old servant stared at him again impressed the prince disagreeably. He could not find the porter this time at all.
But the old lady, before Parfen had time to touch her, raised her right hand, and, with three fingers held up, devoutly made the sign of the cross three times over the prince. She then nodded her head kindly at him once more. "There, come along, Lef Nicolaievitch; that's all I brought you here for," said Rogojin.
When he saw Agafea Mihalovna, he made jokes with her and asked after the old servants. The news of the death of Parfen Denisitch made a painful impression on him. A look of fear crossed his face, but he regained his serenity immediately. "Of course he was quite old," he said, and changed the subject. "Well, I'll spend a month or two with you, and then I'm off to Moscow.
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