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CHAPTER III.
I resumed mine, also. The lawyer and the lady whispered together. I was
sitting beside Posdnicheff, and I maintained silence. I desired to talk
to him, but I did not know how to begin, and thus an hour passed until
we reached the next station.
There the lawyer and the lady went out, as well as the clerk. We were
left alone, Posdnicheff and I.
"They say it, and they lie, or they do not understand," said
Posdnicheff.
"
"
Of what are you talking?"
Why, still the same thing."
He leaned his elbows upon his knees, and pressed his hands against his
temples.
"Love, marriage, family,--all lies, lies, lies."
He rose, lowered the lamp-shade, lay down with his elbows on the
cushion, and closed his eyes. He remained thus for a minute.
"Is it disagreeable to you to remain with me, now that you know who I
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