# Book 10 Chapter 5 - By Ilusha's Bedside, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Librivox Audiobook

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[0:00] Speaker 1: CHAPTER V. BY LUCIA'S BEDSIDE. The room inhabited by the
[0:03] Speaker 1: family of the retired Captain Snegev is already familiar to
[0:06] Speaker 1: the reader. It was close and crowded at that moment,
[0:32] Speaker 1: with a number of visitors. Several boys were sitting with Ilyusha,
[0:36] Speaker 1: and though all of them, like Smuhov, were prepared to
[0:38] Speaker 1: deny that it was Alyosha who had brought them and
[0:41] Speaker 1: reconciled them with Ilyusha, it was really the fact. All
[0:45] Speaker 1: the art he had used had been to take them,
[0:47] Speaker 1: one by one, to Ilyusha, without sheepish sentimentality, appearing to
[0:52] Speaker 1: do so casually and without design. It was a great
[0:55] Speaker 1: consolation to Ilyusha in his suffering. He was greatly touched
[0:59] Speaker 1: by seeing the almost tender affection and sympathy shown him
[1:02] Speaker 1: by these boys, who had been his enemies. Krasotkin was
[1:06] Speaker 1: the only one missing, and his absence was a heavy
[1:09] Speaker 1: load on Ilusha's heart. Perhaps the bitterest of all his
[1:12] Speaker 1: bitter memories was his stabbing Krasotkin, who had been his
[1:16] Speaker 1: one friend and protector. Clever little Smurov, who was the
[1:20] Speaker 1: first to make it up with Ilusha, thought it was so.
[1:23] Speaker 1: but when Smurov hinted to Krasotkin that Alyosha wanted to
[1:27] Speaker 1: come and see him about something, the latter cut him short,
[1:30] Speaker 1: bidding Smurov tell Karamazov at once that he knew best
[1:34] Speaker 1: what to do, that he wanted no one's advice, and
[1:36] Speaker 1: that if he went to see Alyosha, he would choose
[1:39] Speaker 1: his own time, for he had his own reasons. That
[1:43] Speaker 1: was a fortnight before this Sunday. That was why Alyosha
[1:47] Speaker 1: had not been to see him, as he had meant to.
[1:49] Speaker 1: But though he waited, he sent Smurov to him twice again.
[1:53] Speaker 1: Both times Krasotkin met him with a curt, impatient refusal,
[1:58] Speaker 1: sending Alyosha a message not to bother him any more,
[2:01] Speaker 1: that if he came himself, he, Krasotkin, would not go
[2:04] Speaker 1: to Ilyusha at all. Up to the very last day
[2:08] Speaker 1: Smurov did not know that Kolya meant to go to
[2:10] Speaker 1: Ilyusha that morning, and only the evening before, as he
[2:13] Speaker 1: parted from Smurov, Kolya abruptly told him to wait at
[2:17] Speaker 1: home for him next morning, for he would go with
[2:19] Speaker 1: him to the Snaryovs, but wanted him on no account
[2:22] Speaker 1: to say he was coming, as he wanted to drop
[2:24] Speaker 1: in casually. Smurov obeyed. Smurv's fancy that Kolya would bring
[2:30] Speaker 1: back the lost dog was based on the words Kolya
[2:32] Speaker 1: had dropped that they must be asses not to find
[2:35] Speaker 1: the dog if it was alive. When Smurv, waiting for
[2:39] Speaker 1: an opportunity, timidly hinted at his guess about the dog,
[2:42] Speaker 1: Korsotkin flew into a violent rage. I'm not such an
[2:46] Speaker 1: ass as to go hunting about the town for other
[2:48] Speaker 1: people's dogs when I've got a dog of my own.
[2:51] Speaker 1: And how can you imagine a dog could be alive
[2:54] Speaker 1: after swallowing a pin? Sheepish sentimentality, that's what it is.
[2:59] Speaker 1: For the last fortnight, Elusha had not left his little
[3:02] Speaker 1: bed under the icons in the corner. He had not
[3:05] Speaker 1: been to school since the day he met Alyosha and
[3:07] Speaker 1: bit his finger. He was taken ill the same day,
[3:10] Speaker 1: though for a month afterwards he was sometimes able to
[3:13] Speaker 1: get up and walk about the room and passage. But
[3:15] Speaker 1: latterly he had become so weak that he could not
[3:18] Speaker 1: move without help from his father. His father was terribly
[3:22] Speaker 1: concerned about him. He even gave up drinking and was
[3:25] Speaker 1: almost crazy with terror that his boy would die. and often,
[3:30] Speaker 1: especially after leading him round the room on his arm
[3:33] Speaker 1: and putting him back to bed, he would run to
[3:35] Speaker 1: a dark corner in a passage, and, leaning his head
[3:38] Speaker 1: against the wall, he would break into paroxysms of violent weeping,
[3:42] Speaker 1: stifling his sobs that they might not be heard by Aleutia.
[3:46] Speaker 1: Returning to the room, he would usually begin doing something
[3:49] Speaker 1: to amuse and comfort his precious boy. He would tell
[3:52] Speaker 1: him stories— funny anecdotes, or would mimic comic people he
[3:56] Speaker 1: had happened to meet, even imitate the howls and cries
[3:59] Speaker 1: of animals. But Lucia could not bear to see his
[4:02] Speaker 1: father fooling and playing the buffoon. Though the boy tried
[4:06] Speaker 1: not to show how he disliked it, he saw with
[4:09] Speaker 1: an aching heart that his father was an object of contempt,
[4:12] Speaker 1: and he was continually haunted by the memory of the
[4:19] Speaker 1: lucia's gentle crippled sister did not like her father's buffoonery
[4:23] Speaker 1: either vavra had been gone for some time past to
[4:26] Speaker 1: petersburg to study at the university but the half-imbecile mother
[4:30] Speaker 1: was greatly diverted and laughed heartily when her husband began
[4:34] Speaker 1: capering about or performing something it was the only way
[4:37] Speaker 1: she could be amused All the rest of the time
[4:40] Speaker 1: she was grumbling and complaining that now everyone had forgotten her,
[4:44] Speaker 1: that no one treated her with respect, that she was slighted,
[4:47] Speaker 1: and so on. But during the last few days she
[4:50] Speaker 1: had completely changed. She began looking constantly at Leloucha's bed
[4:54] Speaker 1: in the corner and seemed lost in thought. She was
[4:57] Speaker 1: more silent, quieter, and, if she cried, she cried quietly
[5:01] Speaker 1: so as not to be heard. The captain noticed the
[5:04] Speaker 1: change in her with mournful perplexity. The boys' visits at
[5:07] Speaker 1: first only angered her, but later on their merry shouts
[5:11] Speaker 1: and stories began to divert her, and at last she
[5:14] Speaker 1: liked them so much that, if the boys had given
[5:17] Speaker 1: up coming, she would have felt dreary without them. When
[5:20] Speaker 1: the children told some story or played a game, she
[5:23] Speaker 1: laughed and clapped her hands. She called some of them
[5:26] Speaker 1: to her and kissed them. She was particularly fond of Smurov.
[5:30] Speaker 1: As for the captains, The presence in his room of
[5:32] Speaker 1: the children, who came to cheer up Elusha, filled his
[5:35] Speaker 1: heart from the first with ecstatic joy. He even hoped
[5:39] Speaker 1: that Elusha would now get over his depression, and that
[5:42] Speaker 1: that would hasten his recovery. In spite of his alarm
[5:45] Speaker 1: about Elusha, he had not till lately felt one minute's
[5:48] Speaker 1: doubt of his boy's ultimate recovery. He met his little
[5:52] Speaker 1: visitors with homage, waited upon them hand and foot. He
[5:56] Speaker 1: was ready to be their horse, and even began letting
[5:58] Speaker 1: them ride on his back. But Elusha did not like
[6:01] Speaker 1: the game. and it was given up. He began buying
[6:04] Speaker 1: little things for them, gingerbread and nuts, gave them tea
[6:07] Speaker 1: and cut them sandwiches. It must be noted that all
[6:10] Speaker 1: this time he had plenty of money. He had taken
[6:13] Speaker 1: the two hundred rubles from Katerina Ivanovna, just as Alosha
[6:16] Speaker 1: had predicted he would. And afterwards, Katerina Ivanovna, learning more
[6:21] Speaker 1: about their circumstances and Alusha's illness, visited them herself, made
[6:26] Speaker 1: the acquaintance of the family, and succeeded in fascinating the
[6:29] Speaker 1: half-imbecile mother. Since then she had been lavish in helping them,
[6:34] Speaker 1: and the captain, terror-stricken at the thought that his boy
[6:37] Speaker 1: might be dying, forgot his pride and humbly accepted her assistance.
[6:42] Speaker 1: All this time Dr. Herzenstube, who was called in by
[6:46] Speaker 1: Katarina Ivanovna, came punctually every other day, but little was
[6:50] Speaker 1: gained by his visits, and he dosed the invalid mercilessly.
[6:53] Speaker 1: But on that Sunday morning a new doctor was expected,
[6:56] Speaker 1: who had come from Moscow, where he had a great reputation.
[7:00] Speaker 1: Katarina Ivanovna had sent for him from Moscow at great expense,
[7:04] Speaker 1: not expressly for Ilyusha, but for another object, of which
[7:08] Speaker 1: more will be said in his place hereafter. But, as
[7:11] Speaker 1: he had come, she had asked him to see Ilyusha
[7:13] Speaker 1: as well, and the captain had been told to expect him.
[7:16] Speaker 1: He hadn't the slightest idea that Kolya Krasotkin was coming,
[7:20] Speaker 1: though he had long wished for a visit from the
[7:22] Speaker 1: boy for whom Ilyusha was fretting. At the moment when
[7:25] Speaker 1: Krasotkin opened the door and came into the room, the
[7:28] Speaker 1: captain and all the boys were round Ilyusha's bed, looking
[7:32] Speaker 1: at a tiny mastiff pup who had only been born
[7:34] Speaker 1: the day before, though the captain had bespoken it a
[7:37] Speaker 1: week ago to comfort and amuse Ilyusha, who was still
[7:40] Speaker 1: fretting over the lost and probably dead Zhitska. Ilyusha, who
[7:45] Speaker 1: had heard three days before that he was to be
[7:47] Speaker 1: presented with a puppy, not an ordinary puppy, but a
[7:50] Speaker 1: pedigree mastiff, a very important point, of course, tried from
[7:54] Speaker 1: delicacy of feeling to pretend that he was pleased. But
[7:58] Speaker 1: his father and the boys could not help seeing that
[8:01] Speaker 1: the puppy only served to recall to his little heart
[8:03] Speaker 1: the thought of the unhappy dog he had killed. The
[8:06] Speaker 1: puppy lay beside him, feebly moving, and he, smiling sadly,
[8:11] Speaker 1: stroked it with his thin, pale, wasted hand. Clearly, he
[8:15] Speaker 1: liked the puppy, but it wasn't Zhuchka. If he could
[8:19] Speaker 1: have had Zhuchka and the puppy, too, then he would
[8:22] Speaker 1: have been completely happy.' Korsotkin!' cried one of the boys suddenly.
[8:27] Speaker 1: He was the first to see him come in. Korsotkin's
[8:31] Speaker 1: entrance made a general sensation. The boys moved away and
[8:34] Speaker 1: stood on each side of the bed, so that he
[8:36] Speaker 1: could get a full view of Ilyusha. The captain ran
[8:40] Speaker 1: eagerly to meet Collier.' Please come in. You're welcome,' he
[8:44] Speaker 1: said hurriedly.' Ilyusha, Mr. Korsotkin has come to see you.
[8:48] Speaker 1: but krasotkin shaking hands with him hurriedly instantly showed his
[8:52] Speaker 1: complete knowledge of the manners of good society he turned
[8:55] Speaker 1: first to the captain's wife sitting in her arm-chair who
[8:59] Speaker 1: was very ill-humoured at the moment and was grumbling that
[9:01] Speaker 1: the boy stood between her and ilusha's bed and did
[9:04] Speaker 1: not let her see the new poppy with the greatest
[9:07] Speaker 1: courtesy he made her a bow scraping his foot and
[9:10] Speaker 1: turning to nina he made her as the only other
[9:12] Speaker 1: lady present a similar bow this polite behaviour made an
[9:17] Speaker 1: extremely favourable impression on the deranged lady.' There! You can
[9:22] Speaker 1: see at once he is a young man that has
[9:24] Speaker 1: been well brought up,' she commented aloud, throwing up her hands.'
[9:28] Speaker 1: But as for our other visitors, they come in one
[9:32] Speaker 1: on the top of another.'' How do you mean, Mama,
[9:36] Speaker 1: one on the top of another? How is that?' muttered
[9:39] Speaker 1: the captain affectionately, though a little anxious on her account.'
[9:42] Speaker 1: That' s how they ride in. they get on each other's
[9:45] Speaker 1: shoulder in the passage and prance in like that on
[9:48] Speaker 1: a respectable family strange sort of visitors but who's come
[9:53] Speaker 1: in like that mamma why that boy came in riding
[9:57] Speaker 1: on that one's back and this one on that one's
[10:01] Speaker 1: Collier was already by Elusha's bedside. The sick boy turned
[10:05] Speaker 1: visibly paler. He raised himself on the bed and looked
[10:09] Speaker 1: intently at Collier. Collier had not seen his little friend
[10:12] Speaker 1: for two months, and he was overwhelmed at the sight
[10:14] Speaker 1: of him. He had never imagined that he would see
[10:17] Speaker 1: such a wasted, yellow face, such enormous, feverishly glowing eyes,
[10:22] Speaker 1: and such thin little hands. He saw, with grieved surprise,
[10:26] Speaker 1: Elusha's rapid, hard breathing and dry lips. He stepped close
[10:30] Speaker 1: to him, held out his hand, and, almost overwhelmed, he said, Well,
[10:37] Speaker 1: old man, how are you? But his voice failed him.
[10:42] Speaker 1: He couldn't achieve an appearance of ease. His face suddenly
[10:46] Speaker 1: twitched and the corners of his mouth quivered. Elusha smiled
[10:49] Speaker 1: a pitiful little smile, still unable to utter a word.
[10:53] Speaker 1: Something moved Collier to raise his hand and pass it
[10:56] Speaker 1: over Elusha's hair. Never mind. he murmured softly to him
[11:01] Speaker 1: to cheer him up, or perhaps not knowing why he
[11:03] Speaker 1: said it. For a minute they were silent again. Hello,
[11:08] Speaker 1: so you've got a new puppy, Collier said suddenly, in
[11:11] Speaker 1: a most callous voice. Yes, answered Elusha, in a long whisper,
[11:17] Speaker 1: gasping for breath. A black nose, that means he'll be fierce,
[11:22] Speaker 1: a good house dog. Collier observed gravely and stolidly, as
[11:26] Speaker 1: if the only thing he cared about was the puppy
[11:28] Speaker 1: and its black nose. But, in reality, he still had
[11:31] Speaker 1: to do his utmost to control his feelings not to
[11:34] Speaker 1: burst out crying like a child, and do what he would,
[11:37] Speaker 1: he could not control it.' When it grows up, you'll
[11:41] Speaker 1: have to keep it on the chain, I'm sure.'' He' ll
[11:44] Speaker 1: be a huge dog,' cried one of the boys.' Of
[11:48] Speaker 1: course he will. A mastiff. Large. Like this. As big
[11:52] Speaker 1: as a calf.' shouted several voices.' As big as a calf,
[11:57] Speaker 1: as a real calf,' chimed in the captain.' I got
[12:01] Speaker 1: one like that on purpose, one of the fiercest breed,
[12:04] Speaker 1: and his parents are huge and very fierce. They stand
[12:07] Speaker 1: as high as this from the floor. Sit down here,
[12:11] Speaker 1: on Alusha's bed, or here on the bench. You are welcome.
[12:14] Speaker 1: We've been hoping to see you a long time. You
[12:17] Speaker 1: were so kind as to come with Alexei Fyodorovitch?' Kasutkin
[12:21] Speaker 1: sat on the edge of the bed at Leloucha's feet.
[12:24] Speaker 1: Though he had perhaps prepared a free-at-easy opening for the
[12:27] Speaker 1: conversation on his way, now he completely lost the thread
[12:31] Speaker 1: of it.' No, I came with Peresvan. I've got a
[12:36] Speaker 1: dog now called Peresvan, a Slavonic name. He's out there.
[12:41] Speaker 1: If I whistle, he'll run in. I've brought a dog, too,'
[12:44] Speaker 1: he said, addressing Leloucha all at once. Do you remember Zhutska,
[12:48] Speaker 1: old man? He suddenly fired the question at him. Ilyusha's
[12:52] Speaker 1: little face quivered. He looked with an agonized expression at Kolya. Ilyusha,
[12:57] Speaker 1: standing at the door, frowned and signed to Kolya not
[13:00] Speaker 1: to speak of Zhutska, but he did not or would
[13:02] Speaker 1: not notice. Where is Zhutska? Ilyusha asked in a broken voice. Oh, well,
[13:12] Speaker 1: my boy. Your Zhutska's lost and done for. Ilyusha did
[13:16] Speaker 1: not speak, but he fixed an intent gaze once more
[13:19] Speaker 1: on Kolya. Alyosha, catching Kolya's eye, signed to him vigorously again,
[13:24] Speaker 1: but he turned away his eyes, pretending not to have noticed.
[13:29] Speaker 1: It must have run away and died somewhere. It must
[13:31] Speaker 1: have died after a meal like that, Kolya pronounced pitilessly,
[13:35] Speaker 1: though he seemed a little breathless. But I've got a dog, Perjvan,
[13:39] Speaker 1: a Slavonic name. I've brought him to show you.' I
[13:44] Speaker 1: don't want him,' said Ilyusha suddenly.' No, no, you really
[13:48] Speaker 1: must see him.' It will amuse you.' I brought him
[13:51] Speaker 1: on purpose.' He' s the same sort of shaggy dog.' You
[13:54] Speaker 1: allow me to call in my dog, madam?'' He suddenly
[13:57] Speaker 1: addressed Madame Snegayov' with an inexplicable excitement in his manner.'
[14:01] Speaker 1: I don't want him!' I don't want him!' cried Ilyusha'
[14:06] Speaker 1: with a mournful break in his voice.' There was a
[14:08] Speaker 1: reproachful light in his eyes.' He would better.'' The captain
[14:12] Speaker 1: started up. from the chest by the wall on which
[14:15] Speaker 1: he had just sat down.' You had better—'' Another time,'
[14:19] Speaker 1: he muttered. But Collier could not be restrained. He hurriedly
[14:23] Speaker 1: shouted to Smuov,' Open the door!' And as soon as
[14:26] Speaker 1: it was open, he blew his whistle. Peresvon dashed headlong
[14:30] Speaker 1: into the room.' Jump, Peresvon! Back! Back!' shouted Collier, jumping up,
[14:36] Speaker 1: and the dog stood erect on its heightened legs by
[14:39] Speaker 1: Elusha's bedside. What followed was a surprise to every one,
[14:43] Speaker 1: Ilyusha started, lurched violently forward, bent over Perjvon and gazed
[14:48] Speaker 1: at him, faint with suspense. It's Zhuchka! he cried suddenly,
[14:54] Speaker 1: in a voice breaking with joy and suffering. And who
[14:58] Speaker 1: did you think it was? Korsotkin shouted with all his might,
[15:02] Speaker 1: in a ringing, happy voice, and bending down, he seized
[15:05] Speaker 1: the dog and lifted him up to Ilyusha. Look, old man,
[15:09] Speaker 1: you see, blind of one eye, and the left ear
[15:11] Speaker 1: is torn. Just the marks you described to me. It
[15:14] Speaker 1: was by that I found him. I found him directly.
[15:17] Speaker 1: He did not belong to anyone, he explained, to the captain,
[15:20] Speaker 1: to his wife, to Olyosha, and then again to Ilyusha.
[15:24] Speaker 1: He used to live in the Ferotovs' backyard. Though he
[15:26] Speaker 1: made his home there, they did not feed him. He
[15:29] Speaker 1: was a stray dog that had run away from the village.
[15:31] Speaker 1: I found him. You see, old man, he couldn't have
[15:34] Speaker 1: swallowed what you gave him. If he had, he must
[15:36] Speaker 1: have died. He must have. So he must have spat
[15:39] Speaker 1: it out, since he is alive. You did not see
[15:41] Speaker 1: him do it. but the pin pricked his tongue. That's
[15:44] Speaker 1: why he squealed. He ran away squealing, and you thought
[15:47] Speaker 1: he'd swallowed it. He might well squeal, because the skin
[15:51] Speaker 1: of dogs' mouths is so tender, tenderer than a man,
[15:54] Speaker 1: much tenderer. Collier cried impetuously, his face glowing and radiant
[15:59] Speaker 1: with delight. Elusha could not speak. White as a sheet,
[16:03] Speaker 1: he gazed open-mouthed at Collier, with his great eyes almost
[16:07] Speaker 1: starting out of his head. And if Kosotkin, who had
[16:10] Speaker 1: no suspicion of it, had known What a disastrous and
[16:13] Speaker 1: fatal effect such a moment might have on the sick
[16:16] Speaker 1: child's health! Nothing would have induced him to play such
[16:20] Speaker 1: a trick on him. But Alyosha was perhaps the only
[16:23] Speaker 1: person in the room who realized it. As for the captain,
[16:26] Speaker 1: he behaved like a small child. Zuchka! It's Zuchka! he
[16:31] Speaker 1: cried in a blissful voice. Ilyusha, this is Zuchka! You're Zuchka! Mama,
[16:38] Speaker 1: this is Zuchka! He was almost weeping. And I never guessed,
[16:43] Speaker 1: cried Smurf regretfully. Bravo, Krasotkin, I said he'd find the dog,
[16:49] Speaker 1: and here he's found him. Here he's found him, another
[16:52] Speaker 1: boy repeated gleefully. Krasotkin's a brick, cried a third voice.
[16:58] Speaker 1: He's a brick, he's a brick, cried the other boys,
[17:01] Speaker 1: and they began clapping. Wait, wait, Krasotkin did his utmost
[17:06] Speaker 1: to shout above them all. I'll tell you how it happened,
[17:09] Speaker 1: that's the whole point. I found him, I took him home,
[17:12] Speaker 1: and hid him at once. I kept him locked up
[17:14] Speaker 1: at home, and did not show him to anyone till to-day.
[17:18] Speaker 1: Only Smurf has known for the last fortnight, but I
[17:20] Speaker 1: assured him this dog was called Perjvan, and he did
[17:23] Speaker 1: not guess. And meanwhile I taught the dog all sorts
[17:26] Speaker 1: of tricks. You should only see all the things he
[17:29] Speaker 1: can do. I trained him so as to bring you
[17:32] Speaker 1: a well-trained dog, in good condition, old man, so as
[17:35] Speaker 1: to be able to say to you, See, old man,
[17:37] Speaker 1: What a fine dog your Zhuchka is now! Haven't you
[17:40] Speaker 1: a bit of meat? He'll show you a trick that
[17:42] Speaker 1: will make you die with laughing. A piece of meat!
[17:45] Speaker 1: Haven't you got any?' The captain ran across the passage
[17:49] Speaker 1: to the landlady, where their cooking was done. Not to
[17:52] Speaker 1: lose precious time, Kolya, in desperate haste, shouted to Peresvan,' Dead!'
[17:57] Speaker 1: And the dog immediately turned round and lay on his back,
[18:01] Speaker 1: with its four paws in the air. The boys laughed.
[18:04] Speaker 1: Ilyusha looked on with the same suffering smile. but the
[18:07] Speaker 1: person most delighted with the dog's performance was Mama. She
[18:11] Speaker 1: laughed at the dog and began snapping her fingers and
[18:14] Speaker 1: calling it,' Persvon! Persvon!'' Nothing will make him get up! Nothing!'
[18:20] Speaker 1: Collier cried triumphantly, proud of his success.' He won't move
[18:24] Speaker 1: for all the shouting in the world, but if I
[18:26] Speaker 1: call to him, he'll jump up in a minute!'' I see, Persvon!'
[18:31] Speaker 1: The dog leapt up and bounded about, whining with delight.
[18:35] Speaker 1: The captain ran back with a piece of cooked beef.
[18:38] Speaker 1: Is it hot? Collier inquired hurriedly, with a business-like air,
[18:42] Speaker 1: taking the meat. Dogs don't like hot things. No, it's
[18:45] Speaker 1: all right. Look, everybody. Look, Ayesha. Look, old man. Why
[18:49] Speaker 1: aren't you looking? He does not look at him. Now
[18:51] Speaker 1: I've brought him. The new trick consisted in making the
[18:55] Speaker 1: dog stand motionless with his nose out and putting a
[18:58] Speaker 1: tempting morsel of meat just on his nose. The luckless
[19:01] Speaker 1: dog had to stand without moving, with the meat on
[19:04] Speaker 1: his nose, as long as his master chose to keep him,
[19:06] Speaker 1: without a movement, perhaps for half an hour. But he
[19:10] Speaker 1: kept Peresvon only for a brief moment.' Paid for!' cried Collier,
[19:14] Speaker 1: and the meat passed in a flash from the dog's
[19:17] Speaker 1: nose to his mouth. The audience, of course, expressed enthusiasm
[19:20] Speaker 1: and surprise.' Can you really have put off coming all
[19:24] Speaker 1: this time, simply to train the dog?' exclaimed Alyosha, with
[19:28] Speaker 1: an involuntary note of reproach in his voice.' Simply for that!'
[19:32] Speaker 1: answered Kolya, with perfect simplicity.' I wanted to show him,
[19:36] Speaker 1: in all his glory!'' Perjvan! Perjvan!' called Alyosha, suddenly, snapping
[19:43] Speaker 1: his thin fingers and beckoning to the dog.' What is it?
[19:47] Speaker 1: Let him jump up on the bed. Is he Perjvan?'
[19:49] Speaker 1: called slapped the bed, and Pergevon darted up by Elusha.
[19:53] Speaker 1: The boy threw both arms round his head, and Pergevon
[19:56] Speaker 1: intently licked his cheek. Elusha crept close to him, stretched
[20:00] Speaker 1: himself out in bed, and hid his face in the
[20:03] Speaker 1: dog's shaggy coat.' Dear, dear!' kept exclaiming the captain. Collier
[20:08] Speaker 1: sat down again on the edge of the bed' Elusia,
[20:12] Speaker 1: I can show you another trick. I've brought you a
[20:14] Speaker 1: little cannon. You remember I told you about it before,
[20:18] Speaker 1: and you said how much you'd like to see it. Well, here,
[20:21] Speaker 1: I've brought it to you.' And Collier hurriedly pulled out
[20:24] Speaker 1: of his satchel the little bronze cannon. He hurried because
[20:28] Speaker 1: he was happy himself. Another time he would have waited
[20:31] Speaker 1: till the sensation made by Perchevon had passed off. Now
[20:34] Speaker 1: he hurried on, regardless of all consideration.' You' re all happy now,'
[20:39] Speaker 1: he felt. So here's something to make you happier.' He
[20:43] Speaker 1: was perfectly enchanted himself.' I' ve been coveting this thing for
[20:47] Speaker 1: a long while. It's for you, old man, it's for you.
[20:50] Speaker 1: It belonged to Amarazov. It was no use to him.
[20:53] Speaker 1: He had it from his brother. I swapped a book
[20:55] Speaker 1: from father's bookcase for it, a kinsman of Mohammed, or
[20:58] Speaker 1: salutary folly, a scandalous book published in Moscow a hundred
[21:02] Speaker 1: years ago, before they had any censorship. Amarazov has a
[21:06] Speaker 1: taste for such things. He was grateful to me, too.'
[21:09] Speaker 1: Collier held the cannon in his hand so that all
[21:12] Speaker 1: could see and admire it. Elusha raised himself, and, with
[21:15] Speaker 1: his right arm still round the dog, he gazed and
[21:18] Speaker 1: chanted at the toy. The sensation was even greater when
[21:21] Speaker 1: Collier announced that he had gunpowder, too, and that it
[21:24] Speaker 1: could be fired off at once. If it won't alarm
[21:27] Speaker 1: the ladies! Mama immediately asked to look at the toy closer,
[21:32] Speaker 1: and her request was granted. She was much pleased with
[21:35] Speaker 1: the little bronze cannon on wheels, and began rolling it
[21:37] Speaker 1: to and fro on her lap. She readily gave permission
[21:40] Speaker 1: for the cannon to be fired, without any idea of
[21:43] Speaker 1: what she had been asked. Collier showed the powder and
[21:46] Speaker 1: the shot. The captain, as a military man, undertook to
[21:49] Speaker 1: load it, putting in a minute quantity of powder. He
[21:52] Speaker 1: asked that the shot might be put off till another time.
[21:56] Speaker 1: The cannon was put on the floor, aiming towards an
[21:58] Speaker 1: empty part of the room. Three grains of powder were
[22:01] Speaker 1: thrust into the touch-hole, and a match was put to it.
[22:04] Speaker 1: A magnificent explosion followed. Mama was startled. but at once
[22:08] Speaker 1: laughed with delight, and the boys gazed in speechless triumph.
[22:13] Speaker 1: But the captain, looking at Aleutia, was more enchanted than
[22:16] Speaker 1: any of them. Collier picked up the cannon and immediately
[22:19] Speaker 1: presented it to Aleutia, together with the powder and the shot.'
[22:22] Speaker 1: I got it for you, for you. I've been keeping
[22:26] Speaker 1: it for you a long time,' he repeated once more
[22:29] Speaker 1: in his delight.' Oh, give it to me! No, give
[22:33] Speaker 1: me the cannon!' Mama began begging like a little child.
[22:37] Speaker 1: Her face showed a piteous fear that she would not
[22:39] Speaker 1: get it. Collier was disconcerted. The captain fidgeted uneasily. Mama, mama,
[22:46] Speaker 1: he ran to her. The cannon's yours, of course, but
[22:49] Speaker 1: let Elusha have it, because it's a present to him.
[22:52] Speaker 1: But it's just as good as yours. Elusha will always
[22:55] Speaker 1: let you play with it. It shall belong to both
[22:57] Speaker 1: of you, both of you. No, I don't want it
[23:01] Speaker 1: to belong to both of us. I want it to
[23:03] Speaker 1: be mine altogether, not Elusha's. persisted Mama, on the point
[23:07] Speaker 1: of tears. Take it, mother, here, keep it, Ilyusha cried. Krasotkin,
[23:14] Speaker 1: may I give it to my mother? He turned to
[23:16] Speaker 1: Krasotkin with an imploring face, as though he were afraid
[23:20] Speaker 1: he might be offended at his giving his present to
[23:22] Speaker 1: someone else. Of course you may, Krasotkin assented heartily, and,
[23:27] Speaker 1: taking the cannon from Ilyusha, he handed it himself to
[23:30] Speaker 1: Mama with a polite bow. She was so touched that
[23:34] Speaker 1: she cried, darling he's the one who loves his mamma
[23:39] Speaker 1: she said tenderly and at once began wheeling the cannon
[23:42] Speaker 1: to and fro on her lap again mamma let me
[23:46] Speaker 1: kiss your hand the captain dodged up to her at
[23:49] Speaker 1: once and did so and i never saw such a
[23:52] Speaker 1: charming fellow as this nice boy said the grateful lady
[23:56] Speaker 1: pointing to kossotkin and i'll bring you as much powder
[23:59] Speaker 1: as you like ilusha we make the powder ourselves you
[24:02] Speaker 1: know borovikoff found out how it's made Twenty-four parts of salpeter,
[24:07] Speaker 1: ten of sulphur, and six of birchwood charcoal. It's all
[24:10] Speaker 1: pounded together, mixed into a paste with water, and rubbed
[24:13] Speaker 1: through a tammy sieve. That's how it's done.'' Smurf told
[24:18] Speaker 1: me about your powder. Only father says it's not real gunpowder,'
[24:22] Speaker 1: responded Ilyusha.' Not real?' Kolya flushed.' It burns. I don't know,
[24:29] Speaker 1: of course.' No, I didn't mean that, put in the captain,
[24:33] Speaker 1: with a guilty face. I only said that real powder
[24:37] Speaker 1: is not made like that, but that's nothing. It can
[24:39] Speaker 1: be made so. I don't know. You know best. We
[24:43] Speaker 1: lighted some in a pomitum pot. It burned splendidly. It
[24:47] Speaker 1: all burned away, leaving only a tiny ash. But that
[24:50] Speaker 1: was only the paste, and if you rub it through... But,
[24:53] Speaker 1: of course, you know best. I don't know. And Belkin's
[24:57] Speaker 1: father thrashed him on account of our powder. Did you hear?
[25:00] Speaker 1: He turned to Elusha. We had prepared a whole bottle
[25:04] Speaker 1: of it, and he used to keep it under his bed.
[25:07] Speaker 1: His father saw it. He said it might explode and
[25:09] Speaker 1: thrashed him on the spot. He was going to make
[25:12] Speaker 1: a complaint against me to the masters. He's not allowed
[25:15] Speaker 1: to go about with me now. No one is allowed
[25:17] Speaker 1: to go about with me now. Smurov is not allowed
[25:20] Speaker 1: to either. I've got a bad name with everyone. They
[25:23] Speaker 1: say I'm a desperate character. Kolya smiled scornfully. It all
[25:28] Speaker 1: began from what happened on the railway. Ah, we've heard
[25:31] Speaker 1: of that exploit of yours, too, cried the captain. How
[25:35] Speaker 1: could you lie still on the line? Is it possible
[25:38] Speaker 1: you weren't the least afraid, lying there under the train?
[25:41] Speaker 1: Weren't you frightened? The captain was abject in his flattery
[25:45] Speaker 1: of Collier. Not particularly, answered Collier carelessly. What's blasted my
[25:51] Speaker 1: reputation more than anything here was that cursed goose, he said,
[25:55] Speaker 1: turning again to Lucia. But though he assumed an unconcerned
[25:59] Speaker 1: air as he talked, He still could not control himself
[26:02] Speaker 1: and was continually missing the note he tried to keep up. Ah,
[26:06] Speaker 1: I heard about the goose, Elusha laughed, beaming all over.
[26:11] Speaker 1: They told me, but I didn't understand. Did they really
[26:14] Speaker 1: take you to the court? The most stupid, trivial affair.
[26:19] Speaker 1: They made a mountain of a molehill, as they always do,
[26:22] Speaker 1: Collier began carelessly. I was walking through the marketplace here
[26:26] Speaker 1: one day, just when they'd driven in the geese. I
[26:29] Speaker 1: stopped and looked at them. All at once a fellow,
[26:32] Speaker 1: who is an errand-boy at Plotnikov's now, looked at me
[26:34] Speaker 1: and said, What are you looking at the geese for?
[26:37] Speaker 1: I looked at him. He was a stupid, moon-faced fellow
[26:40] Speaker 1: of twenty. I'm always on the side of the peasantry,
[26:43] Speaker 1: you know. I like talking to the peasants. We've dropped
[26:46] Speaker 1: behind the peasants. That's an axiom. I believe you're laughing, Karamazov. No,
[26:52] Speaker 1: heaven forbid, I'm listening, said Alyosha, with a most good-natured air,
[26:57] Speaker 1: and the sensitive Kolya was immediately reassured. My theory, Karamazov,
[27:02] Speaker 1: is clear and simple. He hurried on again, looking pleased.
[27:06] Speaker 1: I believe in the people, and am always glad to
[27:09] Speaker 1: give them their due. But I'm not for spoiling them.
[27:12] Speaker 1: That is a sine qua non. But I was telling
[27:15] Speaker 1: you about the goose. So I turned to the fool
[27:17] Speaker 1: and answered, I'm wondering what the goose thinks about. He
[27:21] Speaker 1: looked at me quite stupidly. And what does the goose
[27:24] Speaker 1: think about? he asked. Do you see that cart full
[27:28] Speaker 1: of oats? I said. The oats are dropping out of
[27:31] Speaker 1: the sack, and the goose has put its neck right
[27:33] Speaker 1: under the wheel to gobble them up, do you see?''
[27:36] Speaker 1: I see that quite well,' he said.' Well,' said I,'
[27:40] Speaker 1: if that cart were to move on a little, will
[27:43] Speaker 1: it break the goose's neck or not?'' It be sure
[27:46] Speaker 1: to break it,' and he grinned all over his face,
[27:49] Speaker 1: highly delighted.' Come on, then,' said I,' let' s try.'' Let' s,'
[27:53] Speaker 1: he said, and it did not take us long to arrange.'
[27:56] Speaker 1: He stood at the bridle without being noticed, and I
[27:59] Speaker 1: stood on one side to direct the goose. And the
[28:01] Speaker 1: owner wasn't looking, he was talking to someone, so I
[28:04] Speaker 1: had nothing to do. The goose thrust its head in
[28:07] Speaker 1: after the oats of itself, under the cart, just under
[28:10] Speaker 1: the wheel. I winked at the lad, he tucked at
[28:13] Speaker 1: the bridle, and crack! The goose's neck was broken in half. And,
[28:18] Speaker 1: as luck would have it, all the peasants saw us
[28:20] Speaker 1: at that moment, and they kicked up a shindy at once.'
[28:23] Speaker 1: You did that on purpose!' No, not on purpose. Yes,
[28:28] Speaker 1: you did, on purpose. Well, they shouted. Take him to
[28:32] Speaker 1: the Justice of the Peace. They took me, too. You
[28:35] Speaker 1: were there, too, they said. You helped. You are known
[28:38] Speaker 1: all over the market. And, for some reason, I really
[28:42] Speaker 1: am known all over the market, Collier added, conceitedly. We
[28:46] Speaker 1: all went off to the Justice's. They brought the goose, too.
[28:50] Speaker 1: The fellow was crying in a great funk, simply blubbering
[28:53] Speaker 1: like a woman. and the farmer kept shouting that he
[28:55] Speaker 1: could kill any number of geese like that. Well, of course,
[28:59] Speaker 1: there were witnesses. The justice of the peace settled it
[29:02] Speaker 1: in a minute that the farmer was to be paid
[29:04] Speaker 1: a ruble for the goose, and the fellow to have
[29:06] Speaker 1: the goose, and he was warned not to play such
[29:09] Speaker 1: pranks again. And the fellow kept blubbering like a woman.
[29:13] Speaker 1: It wasn't me, he said. It was he egged me on,
[29:16] Speaker 1: and he pointed to me. I answered with the utmost
[29:19] Speaker 1: composure that I hadn't egged him on. that i simply
[29:23] Speaker 1: stated the general proposition had spoken hypothetically the justice of
[29:27] Speaker 1: the peace smiled and was vexed with himself once for
[29:30] Speaker 1: having smiled i'll complain to your masters of you so
[29:33] Speaker 1: that for the future you mayn't waste your time on
[29:36] Speaker 1: such general propositions instead of sitting at your books and
[29:39] Speaker 1: learning your lessons. He didn't complain to the masters, that
[29:43] Speaker 1: was a joke, but the matter noised broad and came
[29:46] Speaker 1: to the ears of the masters. Their ears are long,
[29:48] Speaker 1: you know. The classical master, Kolbasnikov, was particularly shocked about it,
[29:53] Speaker 1: but Dardanilov got me off again. But Kolbasnikov is savage
[29:58] Speaker 1: with everyone now, like a green ass. Did you know, Alyosha,
[30:02] Speaker 1: he's just married, got a dowry of a thousand roubles,
[30:05] Speaker 1: and his bride's a regular fright of the first rank
[30:07] Speaker 1: and the last degree. The third-class fellows wrote an epigram
[30:11] Speaker 1: on it. Astounding news has reached the class. Kolbasnikov has
[30:16] Speaker 1: been an ass. And so on. Awfully funny. I'll bring
[30:20] Speaker 1: it to you later on. I say nothing against Dardanilov.
[30:23] Speaker 1: He's a learned man. There's no doubt about it. I
[30:26] Speaker 1: respect man like that, and it's not because he stood
[30:28] Speaker 1: up for me. But you took him down about the
[30:32] Speaker 1: founders of Troy, Smuov put in, suddenly, proud of Kosotkin
[30:36] Speaker 1: at such a moment. He was particularly pleased with the
[30:39] Speaker 1: story of the goose. Did you really take him down?
[30:43] Speaker 1: the captain inquired in a flattering way. On the question
[30:46] Speaker 1: who founded Troy? We heard of it. Elusha told me
[30:50] Speaker 1: about it at the time. He knows everything, father. He
[30:54] Speaker 1: knows more than any of us, put in Elusha. He
[30:57] Speaker 1: only pretends to be like that, but really he is
[31:00] Speaker 1: top in every subject. Elusha looked at Collier with infinite happiness. Oh,
[31:07] Speaker 1: that's all nonsense about Troy, a trivial matter. I consider
[31:11] Speaker 1: this an unimportant question, said Collier, with haughty humility. He
[31:15] Speaker 1: had by now completely recovered his dignity, though he was
[31:18] Speaker 1: still a little uneasy. He felt that he was greatly excited,
[31:22] Speaker 1: and that he had talked about the goose, for instance,
[31:24] Speaker 1: with too little reserve, while Alyosha had looked serious and
[31:28] Speaker 1: had not said a word all the time. And the
[31:30] Speaker 1: vain boy began by degrees to have a rankling fear
[31:33] Speaker 1: that Alyosha was silent because he despised him. and thought
[31:37] Speaker 1: he was showing off before him. If he dared to
[31:39] Speaker 1: think anything like that, Collier would—'' I regard the question
[31:43] Speaker 1: as quite a trivial one,' he rapped out again, proudly.'
[31:46] Speaker 1: And I know who founded Troy,' a boy who had
[31:51] Speaker 1: not spoken before said suddenly, to the surprise of everyone.
[31:55] Speaker 1: He was silent and seemed to be shy. He was
[31:57] Speaker 1: a pretty boy of about eleven, called Kartashov. He was
[32:01] Speaker 1: sitting near the door. Collier looked at him with dignified amazement.
[32:05] Speaker 1: The fact was that the identity of the founders of
[32:07] Speaker 1: Troy had become a secret for the whole school, a
[32:10] Speaker 1: secret which could only be discovered by reading Smaragdov, and
[32:14] Speaker 1: no one had Smaragdov but Kolya. One day, when Kolya's
[32:17] Speaker 1: back was turned, Kertashov hastily opened Smaragdov, which lay among
[32:22] Speaker 1: Kolya's books, and immediately lighted on the passage relating to
[32:25] Speaker 1: the foundation of Troy. This was a good time ago.
[32:28] Speaker 1: but he felt uneasy and could not bring himself to
[32:31] Speaker 1: announce publicly that he too knew who had founded Troy,
[32:35] Speaker 1: afraid of what might happen and of Kossotkin's somehow putting
[32:38] Speaker 1: him to shame over it. But now he couldn't resist
[32:41] Speaker 1: saying it. For weeks he had been longing to. Well,
[32:45] Speaker 1: who did found it? Collier, turning to him with haughty superciliousness.
[32:50] Speaker 1: He saw from his face that he really did know,
[32:53] Speaker 1: and at once made up his mind how to take it.
[32:56] Speaker 1: There was, so to speak, a discordant note in the
[32:58] Speaker 1: general harmony. Troy was founded by Tusser, Dardanus, Ilius, and Tross.
[33:05] Speaker 1: The boy rapped out at once, and in the same
[33:07] Speaker 1: instant he blushed, blushed so that it was painful to
[33:11] Speaker 1: look at him. But the boys stared at him, stared
[33:14] Speaker 1: at him for a whole minute, and then all the
[33:16] Speaker 1: staring eyes turned at once and were fastened upon Collier.
[33:20] Speaker 1: who was still scanning the audacious boy with disdainful composure.'
[33:24] Speaker 1: In what sense did they found it?' he deigned to
[33:28] Speaker 1: comment at last.' And what is meant by founding a
[33:31] Speaker 1: city or a state? What do they do? Did they
[33:34] Speaker 1: go and each lay a brick, do you suppose?' There
[33:37] Speaker 1: was laughter. The offending boy turned from pink to crimson.
[33:41] Speaker 1: He was silent and on the point of tears. Collier
[33:44] Speaker 1: held him so for a minute. Before you talk of
[33:48] Speaker 1: a historical event like the foundation of a nationality, you
[33:51] Speaker 1: must first understand what you mean by it, he admonished
[33:54] Speaker 1: him in stern, incisive tones. But I attach no consequence
[33:58] Speaker 1: to these old wives' tales, and I don't think much
[34:01] Speaker 1: of universal history in general, he added carelessly, addressing the
[34:05] Speaker 1: company generally. Universal history? the captain inquired, looking almost scared. Yes,
[34:12] Speaker 1: universal history. It's the study of the successive follies of mankind,
[34:16] Speaker 1: and nothing more. The only subjects I respect are mathematics
[34:20] Speaker 1: and natural science, said Collier. He was showing off, and
[34:23] Speaker 1: he stole a glance at Alyosha. His was the only
[34:26] Speaker 1: opinion he was afraid of there. But Alyosha was still silent,
[34:30] Speaker 1: and still serious as before. If Alyosha had said a word,
[34:34] Speaker 1: it would have stopped him. But Alyosha was silent, and
[34:38] Speaker 1: it might be the silence of contempt. And that finally
[34:41] Speaker 1: irritated Collier. The classical languages, too. They are simply madness,
[34:46] Speaker 1: nothing more.'' You seem to disagree with me again, Karamazov?''
[34:50] Speaker 1: I don't agree,' said Alyosha, with a faint smile.' The
[34:55] Speaker 1: study of the classics, if you ask my opinion, is
[34:58] Speaker 1: simply a police measure. That's simply why it has been
[35:01] Speaker 1: introduced into our schools.' By degrees, Kolya began to get
[35:05] Speaker 1: breathless again. Latin and Greek were introduced because they are
[35:08] Speaker 1: a bore and because they stupefy the intellect. It was
[35:12] Speaker 1: dull before.' So what could they do to make things duller?
[35:15] Speaker 1: It was senseless enough before. So what could they do
[35:18] Speaker 1: to make it more senseless? So they thought of Greek
[35:21] Speaker 1: and Latin. That's my opinion. I hope I shall never
[35:24] Speaker 1: change it. Kolya finished abruptly. His cheeks were flushed. That's true,
[35:30] Speaker 1: assented Smurov suddenly, in a ringing tone of conviction. He
[35:34] Speaker 1: had listened attentively. And yet he is first in Latin himself,
[35:38] Speaker 1: cried one of the group of boys suddenly. Yes, father,
[35:42] Speaker 1: he says that, and yet he is first in Latin,
[35:45] Speaker 1: echoed Ilyusha. What of it? Kolya thought fit to defend himself,
[35:50] Speaker 1: though the praise was very sweet to him. I'm fagging
[35:53] Speaker 1: away at Latin because I have to, because I promised
[35:55] Speaker 1: my mother to pass my examination, and I think that
[35:58] Speaker 1: whatever you do, it's worth doing it well. But in
[36:01] Speaker 1: my soul I have a profound contempt for the classics
[36:04] Speaker 1: and all that fraud. You don't agree, Karamazov? Why fraud?
[36:10] Speaker 1: Ilyusha smiled again. Well, all the classical authors have been
[36:14] Speaker 1: translated into all languages, so it was not for the
[36:17] Speaker 1: sake of studying the classics they introduced Latin, but solely
[36:20] Speaker 1: as a police measure, to stupefy the intelligence. So what
[36:24] Speaker 1: can one call it but a fraud?'' Why, who taught
[36:28] Speaker 1: you all this?' cried Alosha, surprised at last.' In the
[36:32] Speaker 1: first place, I am capable of thinking for myself without
[36:35] Speaker 1: being taught. Besides, What I said just now about the
[36:38] Speaker 1: classics being translated, our teacher Kolbasnikov has said to the
[36:42] Speaker 1: whole of the third class. The doctor has come, cried Nina,
[36:47] Speaker 1: who had been silent till then. A carriage belonging to
[36:51] Speaker 1: Madame Holokov drove up to the gate. The captain, who
[36:54] Speaker 1: had been expecting the doctor all the morning, rushed headlong
[36:57] Speaker 1: out to meet him. Mama pulled herself together and assumed
[37:01] Speaker 1: a dignified air. Alyosha went up to Alyosha and began
[37:04] Speaker 1: setting his pillows straight. Nina, from her invalid chair, anxiously
[37:09] Speaker 1: watched him putting the bed tidy. The boys hurriedly took leave.
[37:13] Speaker 1: Some of them promised to come again in the evening.
[37:16] Speaker 1: Kolya called Pereshvon, and the dog jumped off the bed.
[37:21] Speaker 1: I won't go away, I won't go away, Kolya said
[37:24] Speaker 1: hastily to Elusha. I'll wait in the passage and come
[37:26] Speaker 1: back when the doctor's gone. I'll come back with Pereshvon.
[37:30] Speaker 1: but by now the doctor had entered, an important-looking person,
[37:34] Speaker 1: with long, dark whiskers and a shiny, shaven chin, wearing
[37:38] Speaker 1: a bearskin coat. As he crossed the threshold he stopped,
[37:41] Speaker 1: taken aback. He probably fancied he had come to the
[37:44] Speaker 1: wrong place.' How' s this? Where am I?' he muttered, not
[37:49] Speaker 1: removing his coat nor his peaked sealskin cap. The crowd,
[37:53] Speaker 1: the poverty of the room, the washing hanging on a
[37:55] Speaker 1: line in the corner, puzzled him. The captain, bent double,
[37:59] Speaker 1: was bowing low before him, It's here, sir, here, sir,
[38:03] Speaker 1: he muttered cringingly. It's here, you've come right, you were
[38:07] Speaker 1: coming to us. Snagaryov, the doctor said loudly and pompously. Mr. Snagaryov,
[38:15] Speaker 1: is that you? That's me, sir. Ah! The doctor looked
[38:20] Speaker 1: round the room with a squeamish air once more, and
[38:23] Speaker 1: threw off his coat, displaying to all eyes the grand
[38:26] Speaker 1: decoration at his neck. The captain caught the fur coat
[38:29] Speaker 1: in the air, and the doctor took off his cap.
[38:32] Speaker 1: Where is the patient? he asked emphatically. End of chapter
[38:38] Speaker 1: 5 of book 10

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