a determined
character.
Meanwhile, l want to be
employed on the railway
at 25 roubles a month.
He already gave me
some money.
l had 20 roubles.
But l was so low, so base,
as to lose the money.
You shouldn't have
paid the bastard!
To take up a new post,
l had to smarten myself.
l am really like a tramp.
Just look at my boots!
l only beg for
15 roubles,
and l promise to repay
my debt in 3 months' time.
lf he wants interest,
he shall have that, too!
But he doesn't want!
And he doesn't go away!
l will not go away until
l have got what l ask.
Why are you smiling, prince?
l am not smiling, but l
think you are in the wrong.
Do you think, l don't
know this myself?
But you don't know
what life is!
What he has been doing?
How did he buy this house?
You may cut off my head,
if he has not cheated you
and if he is not trying
to cheat you again.
You don't believe me?
This has not much to do
with your affairs.
Listen to me, Lebedeff.
l know, you can be
business-like.
l have very little
time to spare.
Excuse me, what is your
Christian name?
Ti-Ti-Timofey.
-And?
- Lukianovitch.
He is telling lies!
He's Lukian Timofeyovitch.
Why you lie about it?
lt is all the same.
Does the prince care?
He tells lies simply
by force of habit.
ls it true?
l'm Lukian Timofeyovitch.
So, why did you?
- To humble myself.
-What do you mean?
l if only l knew
where Colia was!
- l'll tell you.
- No, no! l'll do it.
He spent the night here.
This morning he went
after the general whom
you let out of prison
by paying his debts.
He probably slept
at the hotel nearby.
Colia is there, or went
to see the Epanchins.
He spends days
out there.
So, he is either in
the hotel or in Pavlofsk.
Many things happened,
while you were away.
Gavrila Ardalionovitch,
when he got back
the 100 thousand,
has got very sick,
and even left his job.
Varvara married
Ptitsin.
Gavrila Ardalionovitch
came to visit them
in lzmailovsky regiment.
Ferdishenko disappeared.
They say, he's been
drinking somewhere.
And you know about the
General. Best regards.
Totski divorced
Alexandra Epanchin.
He married
a French marquise,
and was to be carried
off to Brittany.
He'll be fine with her.
l knew nothing about
your home before.
Orphans...
So, what? O, yes.
You know,
why l am here.
Your letter
brought me here.
Lukian Timofeyovitch!
Don't tell me lies.
Give up serving
two masters.
Rogojin has been here
these three weeks.
Have you sold her to
him as you had done before?
Tell me the truth.
He found out everything.
He did wrong
to you.
He beat you? He did!
He set a bloodhound
on me in Moscow.
-A terrible beast!
- Lebedeff!
You seem to take me
for a child?
ls it a fact that she
left him in Moscow?
lt is. Again, on the
eve of their marriage!
She slipped off
to Petersburg.
Save me, Lukian! Say
nothing to the prince!
She is afraid of you.
She shows her wisdom!
You brought them
together again?
Excellency, how could l
prevent it?
l'll find out myself.
Just tell me...
- ls she with him?
- She is by herself.
She is living
with my sister-in-law,
as l told you in my letter.
- She is there now?
- Right.
Unless she has gone
to Pavlofsk.
l am quite free,
she says.
Only yesterday she
boasted of her freedom.
A bad sign!
lt's a pity you're drunk.
No, not at all.
How is she?
A woman who is seeking.
Seeking?
She is searching about,
as if she'd lost something.
The mere idea of her
marriage disgusts her;
lt's an insult for her.
She cares as much for him
as for an orange-peel.
Or, rather, treats him
with fear and trembling.
She isn't talking about him.
They only meet
when unavoidable.
He understands this!
lt must be gone through!
She's restless, mocking,
deceitful, violent...
Deceitful and violent?
She tried to pull my hair
when l said something wrong!
l tried to soothe her by
reading the Apocalypse.
What?
The Apocalypse.
The lady has a
restless