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Chapter 4

           Theyoungfellowhadconfessedthisloveofhistohim(Totski)andhadalsoadmitteditinthehearingofhisbenefactor,GeneralEpanchin.Lastly,hecouldnothelpbeingofopinionthatNastasiamustbeawareofGania’sloveforher,andifhe(Totski)mistooknot,shehadlookedwithsomefavouruponit,beingoftenlonely,andrathertiredofherpresentlife.Havingremarkedhowdifficultitwasforhim,ofallpeople,tospeaktoherofthesematters,TotskiconcludedbysayingthathetrustedNastasiaPhilipovnawouldnotlookwithcontemptuponhimifhenowexpressedhissinceredesiretoguaranteeherfuturebyagiftofseventy-fivethousandroubles.Headdedthatthesumwouldhavebeenleftherallthesameinhiswill,andthatthereforeshemustnotconsiderthegiftasinanywayanindemnificationtoherforanything,butthattherewasnoreason,afterall,whyamanshouldnotbeallowedtoentertainanaturaldesiretolightenhisconscience,etc.,etc.;infact,allthatwouldnaturallybesaidunderthecircumstances.Totskiwasveryeloquentallthrough,and,inconclusion,justtouchedonthefactthatnotasoulintheworld,notevenGeneralEpanchin,hadeverheardawordabouttheaboveseventy-fivethousandroubles,andthatthiswasthefirsttimehehadevergivenexpressiontohisintentionsinrespecttothem.

           NastasiaPhilipovna’sreplytothislongrigmaroleastonishedboththefriendsconsiderably.

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