“It’s⁠ ⁠… it’s a very long time since I’ve seen Petrusha, and⁠ ⁠… I feel I have so little right to call myself a father⁠ ⁠… c’est le mot; I⁠ ⁠… how did you leave him?”

“Oh, yes, I left him⁠ ⁠… he comes himself,” replied Mr. Kirillov, in haste to be rid of the question again. He certainly was angry.