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and unclean spot, when one can find an honest woman. And here he, his
brother, the musician, had found the honest woman. 'It is true that she
is no longer in her early youth. She has lost a tooth on one side, and
her face is slightly bloated,' thought I for Troukhatchevsky. 'But what
is to be done? One must profit by what one has.'
"'Yes, he is bound to take her for his mistress,' said I to myself
again; 'and besides, she is not dangerous.'
"'No, it is not possible' I rejoined in fright. 'Nothing, nothing of the
kind has happened, and there is no reason to suppose there has. Did she
not tell me that the very idea that I could be jealous of her because of
him was humiliating to her?' 'Yes, but she lied,' I cried, and all began
over again.
"
There were only two travellers in my compartment: an old woman with her
husband, neither of them very talkative; and even they got out at one of
the stations, leaving me all alone. I was like a beast in a cage. Now I
jumped up and approached the window, now I began to walk back and forth,
staggering as if I hoped to make the train go faster by my efforts, and
the car with its seats and its windows trembled continually, as ours
does now."
And Posdnicheff rose abruptly, took a few steps, and sat down again.
"
Oh, I am afraid, I am afraid of railway carriages. Fear seizes me. I
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