, sunkononeside, withthreewindowslookingintothestreet, andwithamuddyyard, , oneofthematlastunderstoodthathewasaskingfortheirlodgers, ', 'swordsthatthemanhadafamily."Eithertheyareallasleeporperhapstheyhaveheardmecomingandarewaitingformetoopenthedoor.I'dbetterknockfirst," , butnotatonce, afteranintervalofperhapstenseconds.
"Who'sthere?" shoutedsomeoneinaloudandveryangryvoice.
', itwascumberedupwithdomesticbelongingsofallsorts, , , rightandleft, , , whichconsistedeachoffourtinygreenishmildpanes, gavelittlelight, andwerecloseshut, -panwiththeremainsofsomefriedeggs, ahalf-eatenpieceofbread, andasmallbottlewithafewdropsofvodka.
Awomanofgenteelappearance, wearingacottongown, , 'seyes—, , ratherplain, withscantyreddishhair, , ayounggirlofabouttwenty, buthunchbackandcrippled "withwitheredlegs," -fivewassittingatthetable, , -coloredbeard, verymuchlikeawispoftow (thiscomparisonandthephrase "awispoftow" flashedatonceintoAlyosha'smindforsomereason, heremembereditafterwards).Itwasobviouslythisgentlemanwhohadshoutedtohim, , heleaptupfromthebenchonwhichhewassitting, and, hastilywipinghismouthwitharaggednapkin, darteduptoAlyosha.
"It'!" :
"No, Varvara, ," heturnedagaintoAlyosha, "whathasbroughtyouto—ourretreat?"
, , , andyet, strangetosay, , , betterstill, , attimesspitefulandattimescringing, "ourretreat" hehadaskedasitwerequiveringallover, rollinghiseyes, , , longoutoffashion, .
"IamAlexeyKaramazov," Alyoshabeganinreply.
