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Chapter 2

           IadmititopenlyforonemayaswellmakeacleanbreastofitIwasthefirsttopitchonyou.Theoldwoman’snotesonthepledgesandtherestofitthatallcametonothing.Yourswasoneofahundred.Ihappened,too,tohearofthesceneattheoffice,fromamanwhodescribeditcapitally,unconsciouslyreproducingthescenewithgreatvividness.Itwasjustonethingafteranother,RodionRomanovitch,mydearfellow!HowcouldIavoidbeingbroughttocertainideas?Fromahundredrabbitsyoucan’tmakeahorse,ahundredsuspicionsdon’tmakeaproof,astheEnglishproverbsays,butthat’sonlyfromtherationalpointofviewyoucan’thelpbeingpartial,forafterallalawyerisonlyhuman.Ithought,too,ofyourarticleinthatjournal,doyouremember,onyourfirstvisitwetalkedofit?Ijeeredatyouatthetime,butthatwasonlytoleadyouon.Irepeat,RodionRomanovitch,youareillandimpatient.Thatyouwerebold,headstrong,inearnestand...hadfeltagreatdealIrecognisedlongbefore.I,too,havefeltthesame,sothatyourarticleseemedfamiliartome.Itwasconceivedonsleeplessnights,withathrobbingheart,inecstasyandsuppressedenthusiasm.Andthatproudsuppressedenthusiasminyoungpeopleisdangerous!Ijeeredatyouthen,butletmetellyouthat,asaliteraryamateur,Iamawfullyfondofsuchfirstessays,fulloftheheatofyouth.Thereisamistinessandachordvibratinginthemist.

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