IhavementionedalreadythatGrigoryhaddetestedAdela?daIvanovna, thefirstwifeofFyodorPavlovitchandthemotherofDmitri, andthathehad, onthecontrary, protectedSofyaIvanovna, thepoor "crazywoman," , sothatevennow, twentyyearsafter, hecouldnotbearaslightingallusiontoherfromanyone, , Grigorywascold, dignifiedandtaciturn, andspoke, weighinghiswords, , obedientwife; buthereallydidloveher, andsheknewit.
MarfaIgnatyevnawasbynomeansfoolish; shewasprobably, indeed, clevererthanherhusband, or, atleast, moreprudentthanheinworldlyaffairs, andyetshehadgivenintohimineverythingwithoutquestionorcomplainteversincehermarriage, , , , , 'smarriagewithAdela?daIvanovna, thevillagegirlsandwomen—atthattimeserfs— "IntheGreenMeadows," whenMarfa, atthattimeayoungwoman, skippedforwardanddanced "theRussianDance," notinthevillagefashion, butasshehaddanceditwhenshewasaservantintheserviceoftherichMiüsovfamily, intheirprivatetheater, , and, anhourlater, athomeintheircottagehegaveheralesson, : thebeatingwasneverrepeated, andMarfaIgnatyevnagaveupdancing.
, ?daIvanovnahadrunaway, GrigorytookDmitri, thenachildofthreeyearsold, combedhishairandwashedhiminatubwithhisownhands, , forwhichthegeneral'swidowhadrewardedhimwithaslapintheface; , , thathewasnotonlysilenttillthedayofthechristening, , : , includingFyodorPavlovitch, whowastostandgod-father, hesuddenlyannouncedthatthebaby "oughtnottobechristenedatall." Heannouncedthisquietly, briefly, forcingouthiswords, andgazingwithdullintentnessatthepriest.
"Whynot?" askedthepriestwithgood-humoredsurprise.
"Becauseit'sadragon," mutteredGrigory.
"Adragon? Whatdragon?"
Grigorydidnotspeakforsometime."It'saconfusionofnature," hemutteredvaguely, butfirmly, andobviouslyunwillingtosaymore.
Theylaughed, , , triedindeednottonoticeit, , attheendofafortnight, thebabydiedofthrush, hehimselflaidthechildinitslittlecoffin, lookedatitinprofoundgrief, , nordidMarfaspeakofthebabybeforehim, and, evenifGrigorywerenotpresent, , fromthedayoftheburial, hedevotedhimselfto "religion," andtooktoreadingtheLivesoftheSaints, forthemostpartsittingaloneandinsilence, andalwaysputtingonhisbig, round, , , andhadsomehowgotholdofacopyofthesayingsandsermonsof "theGod-fearingFatherIsaactheSyrian," whichhereadpersistentlyforyearstogether, understandingverylittleofit, , .
, anditsdeath, had, asthoughbyspecialdesign, beenaccompaniedbyanotherstrangeandmarvelousevent, which, ashesaidlater, hadlefta "stamp" , ontheverynightaftertheburialofhischild, , "itmightbeawoman." , , andtherewasnootherwayofenteringit, foritwasenclosedallroundbyastrong, , Grigorylightedalantern, tookthegardenkey, andtakingnonoticeofthehystericalfearsofhiswife, whowasstillpersuadedthatsheheardachildcrying, andthatitwasherownbabycryingandcallingforher, -housethatstoodnearthegardengate, -house, , whowanderedaboutthestreetsandwasknowntothewholetownbythenicknameofLizavetaSmerdyastchaya (StinkingLizaveta), , .
