so it is finally settled; you have determined to marry a sensible business man, Avdotya Romanovna, one who has a fortune (has _already_ made his fortune, that is so much more solid and impressive) a man who holds two government posts and who shares the ideas of our most rising generation, as mother writes, and who _seems_ to be kind, as Dounia herself observes.

That _seems_ beats everything! And that very Dounia for that very '_seems_' is marrying him! Splendid! splendid! "...

But I should like to know why mother has written to me about 'our most rising generation'?
Simply as a descriptive touch, or with the idea of prepossessing me in favour of Mr.Luzhin?
Oh, the cunning of them! I should like to know one thing more: how far they were open with one another that day and night and all this time since?
Was it all put into _words_, or did both understand that they had the same thing at heart and in their minds, so that there was no need to speak of it aloud, and better not to speak of it.

Most likely it was partly like that, from mother's letter it's evident: he struck her as rude _a little_, and mother in her simplicity took her observations to Dounia.

And she was sure to be vexed and 'answered her angrily.' I should think so! Who would not be angered when it was quite clear without any naive questions and when it was understood that it was useless to discuss it.