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It must be noted, by the way, that Pyotr Petrovitch had during

those ten days eagerly accepted the strangest praise from Andrey

Semyonovitch; he had not protested, for instance, when Andrey

Semyonovitch belauded him for being ready to contribute to the

establishment of the new "commune," or to abstain from

christening his future children, or to acquiesce if Dounia were

to take a lover a month after marriage, and so on. Pyotr

Petrovitch so enjoyed hearing his own praises that he did not

disdain even such virtues when they were attributed to him.