Go, look at him now, he is your creation...

you've seen him though." "In the first place, I must observe that Kirillov himself told me that he is happy and that he's good.

Your supposition that all this was going on at the same time is almost correct.

But what of it?
I repeat, I was not deceiving either of you." "Are you an atheist?
An atheist now ?" "Yes." "And then ?" "Just as I was then." "I wasn't asking you to treat me with respect when I began the conversation.

With your intellect you might have understood that," Shatov muttered indignantly.
"I didn't get up at your first word, I didn't close the conversation, I didn't go away from you, but have been sitting here ever since submissively answering your questions and...