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"And more honourable, more honourable, he-he-he!"

"What do you mean by 'more honourable'? I don't understand such

expressions to describe human activity. 'More honourable,'

'nobler'--all those are old-fashioned prejudices which I reject.

Everything which is of use to mankind is honourable. I only

understand one word: useful! You can snigger as much as you like,

but that's so!"

Pyotr Petrovitch laughed heartily. He had finished counting the

money and was putting it away. But some of the notes he left on

the table. The "cesspool question" had already been a subject of

dispute between them. What was absurd was that it made

Lebeziatnikov really angry, while it amused Luzhin and at that

moment he particularly wanted to anger his young friend.