Chapter 13 Chapter 11

However, just as I stepped onto the damp and dirty sidewalk of Shengtian Avenue, I suddenly bumped into a man, who was walking hurriedly with his head drooped, clearly preoccupied and with no time to take care of him.To my great surprise, I saw at a glance that it was Ihme Nev's old man.I ran into people twice that night.I knew that three days ago, the old man was slightly ill, but the onset was severe. Unexpectedly, in such humid weather, I suddenly ran into him on the street.Besides, in the past, he was almost He never went out. Since Natasha left, that is to say, for almost half a year, he didn't like to go out at all.He was very happy to see me, but the joy seemed a little abnormal, as if he had finally found a place to put the accumulated accumulation in his heart.

Su is like a friend who spits out quickly.He grabbed my hand, held it tightly, and dragged me to follow him without asking me where I was going.He seemed uneasy, he had something on his mind, anxious and very excited. "Where is he going?" I wondered.ask He is superfluous; he becomes very suspicious, and sometimes when you ask him a question or express an opinion casually, he thinks it is insulting him and insulting him. I squinted and took a furtive look at him: he looked sickly, and he had grown thinner recently; he hadn't shaved for about a week.His hair was completely grizzled, his top hat was rumpled, and his hair was a mess

It came out from under the hat and hung in strands on the collar of his battered coat.I used to find that he sometimes seemed out of his mind; for example, he would forget that he was not alone in the room, but he would talk to himself, Even pointed fingers.It was hard to see him that way. "Well, how's it going, Vanya, how's it going?" he asked. "Where are you going? Brother, I have something to do. Are you all right?" "But are you in good health?" I replied, "You were still sick a few days ago, why did you come out?" The old man didn't answer, as if he didn't understand what I said.

"How is Anna Andreyevna?" "Okay, okay... But she's a little sick too. I don't know why, she's getting sad... I always think about you: why don't you come. Now, are you coming to our house, Vanya Ring Yes? I might be in your way, delaying your work something wrong? "He asked suddenly, looking at me with distrust and suspicion. The suspicious old man has become very sensitive and nervous. If I answer him now, I am not here to see them, he will definitely be unhappy, and he will say coldly. Parted ways with me. I hastened to answer in the affirmative, saying that I was going to see Anna Andreevna, although I knew it would be too late, and perhaps it would be too late to see Natasha.

"That's great," said the old man, and he was completely relieved after hearing my answer, "That's good..." He suddenly closed his mouth again, lost in thought, as if he had something to say . "Yeah, that's great!" After five or six minutes, he repeated it unconsciously, as if waking up from deep meditation. "Well... you know, Vanya, we've always considered you our own son; God didn't bless Anna Andreevna and me with a... son, but you with us; I've always thought so.The old woman thinks so too... yes!You have always been filial and affectionate to us.like filial piety

Like his own son.May God bless you for this filial piety, Vanya, as we old couple bless and love you... yes! " When he said this, his voice trembled, and he waited for a moment. "Yes...well, how are you? Are you all right? Why haven't you been to our house for so long?" I told him everything about Smith and I apologized for keeping me out of it, and I almost didn't get sick because I was too busy doing these things to go to college. Vasilievsky Island Look at them (they lived in Vasily Island at the time, I almost missed it, almost didn't tell him, during this period, I still found a chance to see Natasha, but I swallowed the words again.

The old man was very interested in Smith's affairs.His concentration became concentrated.As soon as he heard that my new apartment was damp, perhaps even more humid than the old one, and that I had to pay six rubles a month for rent, he immediately became impatient.In general, he now Becoming very impulsive and impatient.On such occasions only Anna Andreevna could calm him down, but not always. "Hmph . . . it's all your literature, Vanya!" he cried almost angrily. Just told you, I've already said the ugly things in my head up! ... How about B, still writing comments? "

"He's dead and sick. I think I told you about it." "Dead, um... dead! He deserved it. What, did he leave anything for his wife and children? Didn't you say he still had a wife... Why do these people want to get married!" "No, nothing left," I replied. "Huh, it's as expected!" He shouted very excitedly, as if this matter was closely related to him, and it seemed that the dead B was his own brother.one nothing!Nothing!You know what, Vanya, I expected this Oh, he must have ended badly, remember, back then, when you praised him to me, you said it lightly: nothing is left!Hmph... became famous.Even if his name lasts forever, but this name is nothing to eat.Little brother, about

You, I saw it right then, Vanya; I praised you, but I knew it.So, B is dead?How can you not die?It's a good life, and a good place, lo and behold! " He stretched out his hand involuntarily as he spoke, and quickly pointed to the smoggy streetscape illuminated by the flickering street lamps in the damp darkness, the dirty houses, and the stones on the sidewalks that were shiny with damp. Slates, those sullen faces, Angry, drenched passers-by, and the whole scene of Petersburg under the ink-stained sky.We had reached the square; in the gloom ahead of us stood a monumental bronze statue, illuminated from below by gas lamps.

, and a little farther away is a huge black monster that rises from the ground - the Hall of Isaac ②, due to the dark background of the sky, the outline is not very clear. ①Belinsky died of tuberculosis on May 28, 1848, with nothing left behind, and his wife and children could hardly support him. "Vanya, don't you say he's a good man, you say he's self-sacrificing, a very good man, full of feeling, and has a conscience. Well, that's what they all are. I mean your conscientious ones." Very lovely man! But he Their job is to breed orphans!Oh, I thought, he must have been happy when he died! ... Alas!It's better to find a random place and leave here as soon as possible, even going to Siberia is better than here! ... What's the matter with you, little girl Yue, he saw Mrs.

There was a beggar child on the sidewalk, so he asked suddenly. This is a thin and small girl, about seven or eight years old, no older, dressed in dirty rags; her little feet are bare, and she wears a pair of broken shoes.Her rags and rags were too small to wear. But she still wrapped it tightly around her shivering little body.Her thin, yellow, sickly little face was directed at us; she looked at us timidly and silently, with an air of resignation and fear of rejection.stretched out her trembling little hands.The old man trembled all over when he saw her, and turned towards her so quickly that she even jumped.She shivered, dodged him, and backed away. "Why, what's the matter with you, little girl?" he cried, "what's the matter with you? Beg for food? Here, here you are . . . Here, here!" So, trembling with excitement, he fumbled in his pocket, and took out two or three silver coins.But he felt that it was too little; he took out his wallet again, took out a one-rouble note (there was only one in it), and put the money in Put it in the little beggar's hand. "May Christ bless you, little girl... my dear child! May the angels of God be with you!" He crossed the poor little creature with his trembling hand; but suddenly seeing me looking at him beside him, he frowned, and walked away quickly. "Vanya, you know, I can't stand this situation," he began after an angry, long silence, "because of the damned parents . Shivering in the cold wind. But then again, if her mother hadn't been so unlucky, who would have let such a child do such a terrible thing! ... There must be some orphans in her family, this is the eldest; she's sick, I mean her mother; and ... hmm!They are not royals Relatives!Vanya, there are many children in the world who are not related to the royal family!snort! " ①Refers to the bronze statue of Tsar Nicholas I on Esa Square in Petersburg, built in 1850s. ②The Isaac Hall is located on the north side of the Ezac Square in Petersburg. It was built between 1818 and 1858, with a height of 101.52 meters and a dome diameter of 21.83 meters. An important symbol of the city of Petersburg. He was silent for about a minute, as if unable to speak. "You know, Vanya, I promised Anna Andreyevna," he began somewhat incoherently, "I promised her . . . that is, I consulted with Anna Andreyevna. Well, we're going to adopt an orphan girl... ...anything is fine; that is, I am a poor child, let her come to our house, and she will not leave when she comes; do you understand?Or it's just us old couple, bored, alas... But, you know: Anna Andreyevna is a little agree.You go talk to her, but, you know, don't say that I let you go, it seems that you came up with the idea... enlighten her... understand?I've been wanting to beg you for this matter for a long time... let you persuade her, ask her to agree, and let me I always feel a little awkward when I go to beg her... Well, why are you talking about these trivial things!What do I want a little girl for?Not necessary; just for the fun of it...to hear the baby's voice...but then again, seriously, I It's also for the old woman's sake; it's better to make her happy than to keep me alone.However, this is all nonsense!I said, Vanya, what year and what month will we be able to get home if we go this way: let's call a carriage; it's too far to go, and Anna "Andreevna is waiting for me, she's been waiting impatiently..." It was half past seven when we arrived at Anna Andreyevna's by car.