, andmeddledinwhat? Inalove-affair."ButwhatdoIknowaboutit? WhatcanItellaboutsuchthings?" herepeatedtohimselfforthehundredthtime, flushingcrimson."Oh, beingashamedwouldbenothing; ....?" Thenhesuddenlyrememberedhowhehadtriedtojointheirhands, andhefeltfearfullyashamedagain."ThoughIactedquitesincerely, Imustbemoresensibleinthefuture," heconcludedsuddenly, anddidnotevensmileathisconclusion.
KaterinaIvanovna'scommissiontookhimtoLakeStreet, andhisbrotherDmitrilivedcloseby, , , : thethoughtofhisdyingelderhadnotleftAlyoshaforoneminutefromthetimehesetofffromthemonastery.
TherewasonepointwhichinterestedhimparticularlyaboutKaterinaIvanovna'scommission; whenshehadmentionedthecaptain'sson, thelittleschoolboywhohadrunbesidehisfathercrying, theideahadatoncestruckAlyoshathatthismustbetheschoolboywhohadbittenhisfingerwhenhe, Alyosha, , , andheresolvedtothinknomoreaboutthe "mischief" hehaddone, andnottotorturehimselfwithremorse, buttodowhathehadtodo, , hefelthungry, andtakingoutofhispockettherollhehadbroughtfromhisfather's, .
, anoldcabinet-maker, hisson, andhisoldwife, lookedwithpositivesuspicionatAlyosha."Hehasn'," theoldmansaidinanswertoAlyosha''sorinhidingatFoma's (Alyoshaspokesofreelyonpurpose), allthreelookedathiminalarm."Theyarefondofhim, theyaredoingtheirbestforhim," thoughtAlyosha."That'sgood."
