"Now," saidAlyosha, "Iunderstandthefirsthalf."

", , anditisbeingactedhere."

"AndIunderstandnothingofthatsecondhalfsofar," saidAlyosha.

"AndI? DoyousupposeIunderstandit?"

"Stop, ', youwerebetrothed, youarebetrothedstill?"

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"Well, thelieutenant-colonelproducedthebattalionmoney, totheastonishmentofeveryone, 'dnosoonerpaiditthanhefellill, tooktohisbed, and, threeweekslater, softeningofthebrainsetin, , , KaterinaIvanovna, withherauntandsister, , behold, ontheverydaytheywentaway (Ihadn'tseenthem, didn'tseethemoffortakeleave) Ireceivedatinynote, asheetofthinbluepaper, andonitonlyonelineinpencil: '.K.' Andthatwasall.

"I'llexplaintherestnow, 'swidow, theirnearestrelation, suddenlylostthetwonieceswhowereherheiressesandnext-ofkin—, prostratedwithgrief, welcomedKatyaasadaughter, asheronehope, clutchedather, alteredherwillinKatya', forpresentuse, eightythousandroubles, asamarriageportion, , later.