And why did I want to interfere?
Is it for me to help?
Have I any right to help?
Let them devour each other alive--what is to me?
How did I dare to give him twenty copecks?
Were they mine ?" In spite of those strange words he felt very wretched.

He sat down on the deserted seat.

His thoughts strayed aimlessly....

He found it hard to fix his mind on anything at that moment.

He longed to forget himself altogether, to forget everything, and then to wake up and begin life anew....
"Poor girl!" he said, looking at the empty corner where she had sat--"She will come to herself and weep, and then her mother will find out....