have l the honor
of talking to?
Prince Lev Nikolayevich
Muishkin.
Prince Muishkin, Lev
Nikolayevich, l don't know.
Of course not! There are
none left. l'm the last one.
- Do you know the Rogojins?
- No.
Not at all, l hardly know
anyone in Russia.
-Are you Rogojin?
-Yes, l'm Parfen Rogojin.
Parfen?
The son of that very Semen
Rogojin,
who died a month or so ago,
and left 2 million
and a half?
And how do you know he left
2 million and a half?
lt's true enough
that my father died,
and l'm returning from Pskov
with hardly a boot to my foot.
Not a line, not a far thing
from my mother or brother.
And now, all of a sudden,
a million roubles.
At least.
Five weeks ago l was just
like yourself,
ran away from my father
to Pskov, with just one bundle.
To my aunt's house.
There l fell ill with fever.
And my father went
and died without me.
Of a stroke.
Eternal memory to him.
But he nearly killed me
then,
if l hadn't run then.
You must have angered him.
Oh yes, l angered
him alright,
and maybe he was right.
Devil's doing.
l riled my father about
Nastasia Philipovna.
- Nastasia Philipovna?
-You know nothing about her!
There are plenty
of Nastasia Philipovnas!
l thought some creature like
you would hang on to me!
And if l do know something?
Lebedeff knows everything.
Her name is Nastasia
Philipovna Barashkoff.
A famous lady,
a princess,
she is.
Lives with a certain Totski
Afanasy lvanovich,
a man of immense wealth,
high connections,
a director of companies,
who is a close friend of
General Epanchin.
The devil take him!
How does he know that?
l know everything,
all streets and corners.
Your excellency, l was
with Lihachoff
for 2 months after
his father died.
He's in the debtor's prison now.
But that's not the point.
lt was then that l met
Armanse,
Koralia, Princess Patskaya,
and Nastasia Philipovna.
And many others.
Nastasia Philipovna?
- She's with Lihachoff?
- No, nothing of the sort!
Lihacheff, with all his money,
has no chance.
No, she's not like Armanse.
Only Totski has a chance.
ln the evening, at the Bolshoi
or the French theatre,
she sits
in her own box.
Officers can't get further
than that,
because there is nothing
more to say!
lt's quite true.
When my late father gave me
2 government bonds to sell,
worth 5 thousand roubles each,
told me to go and sell them,
and bring 7 thousand
to the Andreyeff office.
l sold the bonds,
took the money,
but didn't go
to the office.
Prince, when l was returning,
l crossed Nevsky.
She was coming out of a shop.
At once
l was all in a blaze.
l took all of my father's
money,
went straight to the English
shop and got a pair of earrings.
They cost 400 roubles more, l
gave my name, they trusted me.
With them l went to Zalezheff
and then to Nastasia Philipovna
l didn't say right away
who l was.
Zalezheff told her the earrings
were from Rogojin.
Please accept in memory
of his first meeting with you.
She took the box, opened it,
and laughed.
Thank your friend Rogojin,
she said,
for his kind attention
She bowed and left.
The late Semen Rogojin
would hound you to death
for 10 roubles,
not to speak of 10 thousand.
Hound you to death!
What do you know about it?
My father took me upstairs
and locked me up.
And then for a whole hour...
he swore at me. This is only
a foretaste, he told me.
l'll come back when it's dark,
and talk to you again.
That was when l ran away
to Pskov.
To my aunt's house.
l arrived with a fever,
the old women started
lecturing me, but l was drunk!
l went on a drinking tour
with the last of what l had,
and by nightfall was lying
delirious in the streets.
ln the morning
l was ill with fever.
When l was in the street,
some dogs bit me.
l nearly died.
We'll make Nastasia Philipovna
sing another song now.
Those earrings are nothing!
We'll get her some proper
earrings now!
lf you as much as mention
her name again,
l'll tan your