not say? Yet I shall never hear what he says, for I shall have expired where I sit⁠—expired of mere shame at the thought of having been thus exposed. Ah, dearest!⁠ ⁠… Well, my various necessities will have left me three roubles to go on with. Part of this sum I shall expend upon a half-pound of tobacco⁠—for I cannot live without tobacco, and it is nine days since I last put a pipe into my mouth. To tell the truth, I shall buy the tobacco without acquainting you with the fact, although I ought not so to do. The pity of it all is that, while you are depriving yourself of everything, I keep solacing my