Pagina 802 van 1294

He'll come of himself, or maybe do something which will make it

as plain as twice two are four--it's delightful. It may be so

with a simple peasant, but with one of our sort, an intelligent

man cultivated on a certain side, it's a dead certainty. For, my

dear fellow, it's a very important matter to know on what side a

man is cultivated. And then there are nerves, there are nerves,

you have overlooked them! Why, they are all sick, nervous and

irritable!... And then how they all suffer from spleen! That I

assure you is a regular gold-mine for us. And it's no anxiety to

me, his running about the town free! Let him, let him walk about

for a bit! I know well enough that I've caught him and that he

won't escape me. Where could he escape to, he-he? Abroad,

perhaps? A Pole will escape abroad, but not here, especially as I

am watching and have taken measures. Will he escape into the

depths of the country perhaps? But you know, peasants live there,

real rude Russian peasants.