"I've been here two or three times, you know, to see her excellency, Varvara Petrovna, and I have been obliged to say a great deal too." "So I imagine." "No, don't imagine, I've simply told her that you won't kill him, well, and other sweet things.

And only fancy; the very next day she knew I'd moved Marya Timofyevna beyond the river.

Was it you told her ?" "I never dreamed of it!" "I knew it wasn't you.

Who else could it be?
It's interesting." "Liputin, of course." "N-no, not Liputin," muttered Pyotr Stepanovitch, frowning; "I'll find out who.

It's more like Shatov....