Chapter 16 Chapter 14

It was late when I went to see Natasha, ten o'clock.At that time she lived in Fontanka, not far from the Semyonov Bridge, on the fourth floor of the dirty "big" building of the merchant Kolotushkin.When she first ran away from home, she and Alyosha lived in a modest apartment, not big, but very nice and comfortable, on the third floor, in Fansha Street②.But some of the money the young duke had was quickly spent.He wanted to be a music teacher, but he didn't, so he borrowed debts, and the debts high building.He spent all his money beautifying the room and buying presents for Natasha.Natasha objected to his extravagance, scolded him, and sometimes even cried.Amorous and considerate Alyosha sometimes spends a whole week thinking happily about how to send her off.

A gift, and how she accepted it, and took it as a real pleasure, and told me in advance of his expectations and fantasies, and how she heard her complain and saw her tears , he was dejected, fell One could not help but feel sorry for him, and afterwards they used to blame each other, weep, and quarrel with each other about the gift.In addition, Alyosha spent a lot of money without telling Natasha; fooled around with his friends and did some things that were sorry for her. ; he used to go to all kinds of Josephines and Minnas; and at the same time he loved her very much as before.He loves her, but it seems that love is very painful; he is often upset and unhappy.

; said he was too rude and bad-tempered to understand her and not worthy of her love.He was partly right: they were too unequal; he felt a child in her presence, and she often treated him like a child.because he met Josephine confessed his mistake to me with tears in his eyes, and at the same time he begged me not to tell Natasha about it; Come with me to see her (he insists on me I can't go together, saying that he was afraid to look up at her after he had committed a crime, and I alone could make him brave), Natasha knew what was going on at a glance.She's very jealous, I don't know how, she forgives every time

His young master style who likes to flirt.It usually goes like this: I went in with A Liao, he said a few words to her timidly, and then looked into her eyes timidly and affectionately.She guessed at once that he had done something bad again, but she kept quiet She was never the first to talk to him about it, and never asked him anything. On the contrary, she loved him more, was gentle and happy--it wasn't because she wanted to play tricks on him, or because she was scheming and scheming. .No, for this wonderful man, ever It was an infinite enjoyment to forgive and forgive everything; she seemed to find a special, delicate beauty in the very process of forgiving Alyosha.Admittedly, the question at the time concerned only people like Josephine.Whenever Alyosha sees her obedient and obedient,

He couldn't resist confessing everything to her at once, without being questioned -- he did it for the sake of expressing himself, and, as he said, "to make things right again."He rejoiced when he was forgiven, and sometimes Happy and moved to tears, kissing her and hugging her while crying.Then he brightened up again immediately, and began to describe his affair with Josephine in detail and with childlike frankness, smiling and laughing as he spoke. Laughed, wished and praised Natasha, and the evening was again very happy and cheerful.Once he ran out of money, he started selling things.It was only at Natasha's insistence that they found a small, cheap room in Sitanka.something in

The sale went on, Natasha even sold her own clothes, and began to look for work; Alyosha was very sad when he found out about the dispute: he cursed himself, he yelled that he despised himself, but he couldn't think about it. Do anything to improve your situation meet.Even these last sources of income were now exhausted; the only recourse left was to find work, which was very poorly paid. ①The name of the river.The river crosses the city of Petersburg and connects with the Neva River. ②Fansha Street is a very bustling street in Petersburg. ③ refers to foreign women. At first, when they first lived together, Alyosha had a big quarrel with his father about this matter.At that time, although the Duke intended to arrange a marriage between his son and the countess's stepdaughter Katerina Feodorovna Filimenova, but it was only in the planning stage.

But he was determined to carry it out; he often took Alyosha to visit the bride-to-be, advised him to try his best to please him, and persuaded him again and again, both with stern words and with a clear understanding. reason; but since the countess If the middleman gets in the way, this matter will blow up.So the father turned a blind eye to the relationship between his son and Natasha, and let time decide. He knew that Alyosha was frivolous and tolerant, and he hoped that his obsession would pass quickly. As for the possibility of his marrying Natasha, until recently the prince had scarcely given up such troubles.As for the lovers, they wanted to postpone the matter until a formal reconciliation with their father had been made and the general situation had changed.However,

Natasha clearly did not want to talk about it.Alyosha confided to me that his father seemed a little complacent about what had happened: he was proud that Ikhhenev had been humiliated in the whole thing.But on the surface he still put on An air of dissatisfaction with his son: reduced his not very well-off living expenses (he was very stingy with him), and threatened to cancel everything; but soon he went to Poland, because the countess was busy there, he went Follow up and work hard Working tirelessly on his courtship program.True, Alyosha was still very young, and it would have been premature to marry; but the girl was too rich.This opportunity cannot be missed.The duke had finally achieved his goal.We heard that the marriage proposal was finally settled.exist

At the period I am describing, the prince has just returned to Petersburg.He was very affectionate when he saw his son, but the extent of his obsession with Natasha surprised and displeased him.He began to doubt, also felt Scared.He sternly and resolutely demanded a clean break between them; but he soon realized that a far better course of action would be better, and he took Alyosha to the countess.Her stepdaughter is almost a big beauty and almost a small Girl, but her heart is rare, her heart is upright, pure and flawless, and she is also lively, intelligent and gentle.The Duke estimated that half a year had passed, and it should have achieved initial results. Now, for his son, Natasha had lost her sense of novelty, lost

He has lost his charm, and now he no longer looks at his future bride through the eyes of half a year ago.But the duke was only partly right... Alyosha really fell in love at first sight.I would also add that the father suddenly became very affectionate with his son (although still not give him money).Alyosha felt that behind this intimacy lay an unalterable, unshakable assertion, and he was troubled--but not so much as he would have been if he hadn't seen Katerina every day.・Fyodorovna So feel depressed.I knew that it had been five days since he hadn't seen Natasha.When I left the Ikhmenevs' to see her, I wondered unsteadily what on earth was she trying to say to me?I saw her from afar in the window

We had agreed long ago to put the candle on the window sill if she badly needed and wanted to see me, so that whenever I walked by (almost every night) I could see the window By the unusual light in the house, I guessed that she was Wait for me, she needs me.Lately, she's been laying out candles, waiting...