CHAPTER7 "IT'SALWAYSWORTHWHILESPEAKINGTOACLEVERMAN"
'ssoul, buthelookedeagerlyaroundhimatthefields, atthehills, atthetrees, , andhefeltintenselyinterestedinananswerthepeasantmadehim; butaminutelaterherealizedthathewasnotcatchinganything, andthathehadnotreallyeventakeninthepeasant', , pureandcool, , blewsoftlyonthefriendlyphantoms, andtheyflewaway."There'splentyoftimeforthem," , changedhorses, andgallopedtoVolovya."Whyisitworthwhilespeakingtoacleverman? Whatdidhemeanbythat?" Thethoughtseemedsuddenlytoclutchathisbreathing."AndwhydidItellhimIwasgoingtoTchermashnya?" , , lookedround, glancedattheoverseer'swife, andsuddenlywentbacktotheentrance.
"Iwon', brothers?"
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"-morrow?"
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"Canyoudomeaservice, Mitri? Gotomyfather's, toFyodorPavlovitchKaramazov, andtellhimIhaven'?"
"OfcourseIcan.I'veknownFyodorPavlovitchalongtime."
"Andhere'ssomethingforyou, forIdaresayhewon'tgiveyouanything," saidIvan, laughinggayly.
"Youmaydependonithewon't." Mityalaughedtoo."Thankyou, sir.I'llbesuretodoit."
Atseveno'clockIvangotintothetrainandsetofftoMoscow "Awaywiththepast.I'vedonewiththeoldworldforever, andmayIhavenonews, noecho, , newplacesandnolookingback!" Butinsteadofdelighthissoulwasfilledwithsuchgloom, andhisheartachedwithsuchanguish, , andonlyatdaybreak, whenhewasapproachingMoscow, hesuddenlyrousedhimselffromhismeditation.
"Iamascoundrel," hewhisperedtohimself.
, , andcompletelyupsetFyodorPavlovitch', , butheardhisscream—thestrange, peculiarscream, longfamiliartoher—, sothathemusthavefallenunconscious, orwhetheritwasthefallandtheshockthathadcausedthefitinSmerdyakov, , —anarmoraleg—andhurthimself, but "Godhadpreservedhim," asMarfaIgnatyevnaexpressedit—, ; theconvulsionsceasedforatime, butthenbeganagain, andeveryoneconcludedthatthesamethingwouldhappen, ashadhappenedayearbefore, , , FyodorPavlovitchsentforDoctorHerzenstube, , , heconcludedthatthefitwasaveryviolentoneandmighthaveseriousconsequences; thatmeanwhilehe, Herzenstube, didnotfullyunderstandit, butthatbyto-morrowmorning, ifthepresentremedieswereunavailing, , toaroomnexttoGrigory'sandMarfaIgnatyevna's.
, andthesoup, comparedwithSmerdyakov's, was "nobetterthandish-water," 'sbitter, thoughdeserved, reproaches, MarfaIgnatyevnarepliedthatthefowlwasaveryoldonetobeginwith, ; hewasinformedthatGrigory, whohadnotbeenwellforthelastthreedays, ' "thatshehadpromisedtocomewithoutfail." Theincorrigibleoldman'sheartthrobbedwithexcitement; , andwhensheknockedonthewindow (Smerdyakovhadinformedhimtwodaysbeforethathehadtoldherwhereandhowtoknock) , forfear—whichGodforbid!—, !

