"Sobeit, sobeit!" FatherPa?ssyrepeatedausterelyandreverently.
"Strange, extremelystrange!" Miüsovpronounced, notsomuchwithheataswithlatentindignation.
"Whatstrikesyouassostrange?" FatherIosifinquiredcautiously.
"Why, it'sbeyondanything!" criedMiüsov, suddenlybreakingout; "'snotsimplyUltramontanism, it'sarch-Ultramontanism! It'sbeyondthedreamsofPopeGregorytheSeventh!"
"Youarecompletelymisunderstandingit," saidFatherPa?ssysternly."Understand, , theStateistransformedintotheChurch, willascendandbecomeaChurchoverthewholeworld—whichisthecompleteoppositeofUltramontanismandRome, andyourinterpretation, !"
Miüsovwassignificantlysilent., , andheknewwhatcausedhisexcitement."Allowmetotellyouonelittleanecdote, gentlemen," Miüsovsaidimpressively, withapeculiarlymajesticair."Someyearsago, soonafterthecoupd'étatofDecember, IhappenedtobecallinginParisonanextremelyinfluentialpersonageintheGovernment, —, andashesawthereceptiongivenmebyhischief, hedeignedtospeakwithsomeopenness, toacertainextentonly, , asFrenchmenknowhowtobecourteous, .'Wearenotparticularlyafraid,' saidhe, 'ofallthesesocialists, anarchists, infidels, andrevolutionists; , ! ThesocialistwhoisaChristianismoretobedreadedthanasocialistwhoisanatheist.' Thewordsstruckmeatthetime, andnowtheyhavesuddenlycomebacktomehere, gentlemen."
"Youapplythemtous, andlookuponusassocialists?" FatherPa?ssyaskeddirectly, withoutbeatingaboutthebush.
ButbeforePyotrAlexandrovitchcouldthinkwhattoanswer, thedooropened, andtheguestsolongexpected, DmitriFyodorovitch, , infact, givenupexpectinghim, andhissuddenappearancecausedsomesurpriseforamoment.
