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Chapter 2

           ButImustsmartenmyselfupbeforeItakeupmynewpost,forIamreallylikeatramp.Justlookatmyboots!Icannotpossiblyappearlikethis,andifIamnotatthebureauatthetimeappointed,thejobwillbegiventosomeoneelse;andIshallhavetotryforanother.NowIonlybegforfifteenroubles,andIgivemywordthatIwillneveraskhimforanythingagain.Iamalsoreadytopromisetorepaymydebtinthreemonths’time,andIwillkeepmyword,evenifIhavetoliveonbreadandwater.Mysalarywillamounttoseventy-fiveroublesinthreemonths.ThesumInowask,addedtowhatIhaveborrowedalready,willmakeatotalofaboutthirty-fiveroubles,soyouseeIshallhaveenoughtopayhimandconfoundhim!ifhewantsinterest,heshallhavethat,too!Haven’tIalwayspaidbackthemoneyhelentmebefore?Whyshouldhebesomeannow?Hegrudgesmyhavingpaidthatlieutenant;therecanbenootherreason!That’sthekindheisadoginthemanger!”

           “Andhewon’tgoaway!”criedLebedeff.“Hehasinstalledhimselfhere,andhereheremains!”

           “Ihavetoldyoualready,thatIwillnotgoawayuntilIhavegotwhatIask.Whyareyousmiling,prince?Youlookasifyoudisapprovedofme.”

           “Iamnotsmiling,butIreallythinkyouareinthewrong,somewhat,”repliedMuishkin,reluctantly.

           “Don’tshuffle!SayplainlythatyouthinkthatIamquitewrong,withoutany‘somewhat’!Why‘somewhat’?”

           “Iwillsayyouarequitewrong,ifyouwish.

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