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"They are left on your hands, you see. They were all on your

hands before, though.... And your father came to you to beg for

drink. Well, how will it be now?"

"I don't know," Sonia articulated mournfully.

"Will they stay there?"

"I don't know.... They are in debt for the lodging, but the

landlady, I hear, said to-day that she wanted to get rid of them,

and Katerina Ivanovna says that she won't stay another minute."

"How is it she is so bold? She relies upon you?"