Rodya, that Pyotr Petrovitch was so kind as to visit you today,"

Pulcheria Alexandrovna added somewhat timidly.

"Yes... he was so kind... Dounia, I promised Luzhin I'd throw him

downstairs and told him to go to hell...."

"Rodya, what are you saying! Surely, you don't mean to tell us..."

Pulcheria Alexandrovna began in alarm, but she stopped, looking at

Avdotya Romanovna was looking attentively at her brother, waiting

for what would come next. Both of them had heard of the quarrel from