But as soon as I did land on this place, I soon got to know all your affairs--all, all, brother, I know everything; Nastasya here will tell you.

I made the acquaintance of Nikodim Fomitch and Ilya Petrovitch, and the house-porter and Mr.
Zametov, Alexandr Grigorievitch, the head clerk in the police office, and, last, but not least, of Pashenka; Nastasya here knows...." "He's got round her," Nastasya murmured, smiling slyly.
"Why don't you put the sugar in your tea, Nastasya Nikiforovna ?" "You are a one!" Nastasya cried suddenly, going off into a giggle.

"I am not Nikiforovna, but Petrovna," she added suddenly, recovering from her mirth.
"I'll make a note of it.

Well, brother, to make a long story short, I was going in for a regular explosion here to uproot all malignant influences in the locality, but Pashenka won the day.

I had not expected, brother, to find her so...