human
Hast thou read it?--Is it true?
gpt
Is what true?
human
About Clara Mílitch?
gpt
Yes, yes, brother, it is true; she has poisoned herself. It is such a misfortune!
human
But hast thou also read it in the newspaper? he asked:--
gpt
Or perhaps thou hast been to Kazán thyself?
human
I have been to Kazán, in fact; the Princess and I conducted her thither. She went on the stage there, and had great success. Only I did not remain there until the catastrophe.... I was in Yaroslávl.
gpt
In Yaroslávl?
human
Yes; I escorted the Princess thither.... She has settled in Yaroslávl now.
gpt
But hast thou trustworthy information?
human
The most trustworthy sort ... at first hand! I made acquaintance in Kazán with her family.--But stay, my dear fellow ... this news seems to agitate thee greatly.--But I remember that Clara did not please thee that time! Thou wert wrong! She was a splendid girl--only her head! She had an ungovernable head! I was greatly distressed about her!
gpt
What?
human
Why ... everything, replied Arátoff slowly.--
gpt
About her family, for instance ... and so forth. Everything thou knowest!
human
But does that interest thee?--Certainly!
gpt
.... (Here Kupfer laughed in a self-satisfied manner, by way of hinting at the pun he had made);[60]--that he had left at his death, in the first place, a widow of the merchant class, a thoroughly stupid female, straight out of one of Ostróvsky's comedies;[61] and in the second place, a daughter much older than Clara and bearing no resemblance to her--a very clever girl and