human
I wonder at him! said the zoologist softly.
gpt
What a screw he has put on himself!
human
Yes, one may well wonder, said Samoylenko.
gpt
He sits from morning till night, he's always at work. He works to pay off his debts. And he lives, brother, worse than a beggar!
human
So he didn't get away from here, poor fellow, said Samoylenko.
gpt
Do you remember how hard he tried?
human
Yes, he has put a screw on himself, Von Koren repeated.
gpt
His marriage, the way he works all day long for his daily bread, a new expression in his face, and even in his walk--it's all so extraordinary that I don't know what to call it.
human
You tell him and his wife that when I went away I was full of admiration for them and wished them all happiness . . . and I beg him, if he can, not to remember evil against me. He knows me. He knows that if I could have foreseen this change, then I might have become his best friend.
gpt
Go in and say good-bye to him.
human
No, that wouldn't do.
gpt
Why? God knows, perhaps you'll never see him again.
human
That's true.
gpt
Vanya, Nikolay Vassilitch wants to say goodbye to you, said Samoylenko.
human
He is just going away.
gpt
I can only come for one minute, began the zoologist, taking off his goloshes in the passage, and already wishing he had not given way to his feelings and come in, uninvited.
human
It is as though I were forcing myself on him, he thought,
gpt
Forgive me for disturbing you, he said as he went into the room with Laevsky,
human
I am very glad to see you. . . . Please come in,