\u201cListen, Prince, I stayed here last night, first, out of particular respect for the French archbishop Bourdaloue (we kept the corks popping at Lebedev\u2019s till three in the morning), but second, and chiefly (I\u2019ll cross myself with all the crosses that I\u2019m telling the real truth!), I stayed because I wanted, so to speak, by imparting to you my full, heartfelt confession, to contribute thereby to my own development; with that thought I fell asleep past three, bathed in tears. Now, if you\u2019ll believe the noblest of persons: at the very moment that I was falling asleep, sincerely filled with internal and, so to speak, external tears (because in the end I did weep, I remember that!), an infernal thought came to me: \u2018And finally, after the confession, why don\u2019t I borrow some money from him?\u2019 Thus I prepared my confession, so to speak, as a sort of \u2018finesherbes with tears,\u2019 to soften my path with these tears, so that you\u2019d get mellow and count me out a hundred and fifty roubles. Isn\u2019t that mean, in your opinion?\u201d<\/span> \u201cListen, Prince, I stayed here last night, first, out of particular respect for the French archbishop Bourdaloue (we kept the corks popping at Lebedev\u2019s till three in the morning), but second, and chiefly (I\u2019ll cross myself with all the crosses that I\u2019m telling the real truth!), I stayed because I wanted, so to speak, by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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