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That smile Pyotr Petrovitch noticed, and at once set it down

against his young friend's account. He had set down a good many

points against him of late. His anger was redoubled when he

reflected that he ought not to have told Andrey Semyonovitch

about the result of yesterday's interview. That was the second

mistake he had made in temper, through impulsiveness and

irritability.... Moreover, all that morning one unpleasantness

followed another. He even found a hitch awaiting him in his legal

case in the senate. He was particularly irritated by the owner of

the flat which had been taken in view of his approaching marriage

and was being redecorated at his own expense; the owner, a rich

German tradesman, would not entertain the idea of breaking the

contract which had just been signed and insisted on the full

forfeit money, though Pyotr Petrovitch would be giving him back

the flat practically redecorated.