I would go to Moscow if he liked, because I could not live without him. Shame and pride and love were all clamouring in me at once, and I fell on the bed almost in convulsions, I was so afraid of a refusal.
sauntered on the embankment
I came back to the town very late, and it had struck ten as I was going towards my lodgings. My way lay along the canal embankment, where at that hour you never meet a soul. It is true that I live in a very remote part of the town. I walked along singing, for when I am happy I am always humming to myself like every happy man who has no friend or acquaintance with whom to share his joy. Suddenly I had a most unexpected adventure.
but I am in no mood for fine language ...
Not another word about it, wait; spare me ... talk of something else, for God's sake."
forgive me that a doubt has stolen—if only for one instant—into my heart
shall spend all my life beside grandmother. Do you know, it is not at all good to live like that
And so I beg you not to interrupt me, Nastenka, but listen humbly and obediently, or I will be silent."
