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A dispute over inheritance between father and son escalates into a family feud.

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Book II

like Von Sohn,” Fyodor Pavlovitch said suddenly.

“Is that all you can think of?⁠ ⁠… In what way is he like Von Sohn? Have you ever seen Von Sohn?”

“I’ve seen his portrait. It’s not the features, but something indefinable. He’s a second Von Sohn. I can always tell from the physiognomy.”

“Ah, I dare say you are a connoisseur in that. But, look here, Fyodor Pavlovitch, you said just now that we had given our word to behave properly. Remember it. I advise you to control yourself. But, if you begin to play the fool I don’t intend to be associated with you here.⁠ ⁠… You see what a man he is”⁠—he turned to the monk⁠—“I’m afraid to go among decent people with him.” A fine smile, not without a certain slyness, came on to the pale, bloodless lips of the monk, but he made no reply, and was evidently silent from a sense of his own dignity. Miüsov frowned more than ever.

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