21/29 but disgrace, disgrace, _que dira-t-elle_ if she finds out ?" He looked at me in despair. And the poor fellow flushed all over. I dropped my eyes too. I feel as if I were speaking to you for the first time in my life, Stepan Trofimovitch, you've astonished me so this morning." "But, my friend, this isn't fear. For even if I am pardoned, even if I am brought here and nothing is done to me--then I am undone. |