"Onereptilewilldevourtheother," Ivanhadpronouncedthedaybefore, , ? Thatphrasehad, ofcourse, escapedIvanunawaresyesterday, , whatchancewasthereofpeace? Weretherenot, onthecontrary, newgroundsforhatredandhostilityintheirfamily? AndwithwhichofthemwasAlyoshatosympathize? Andwhatwashetowishforeachofthem? Helovedthemboth, butwhatcouldhedesireforeachinthemidstoftheseconflictinginterests? Hemightgoquiteastrayinthismaze, andAlyosha'sheartcouldnotendureuncertainty, , ; hemustknowforcertainwhatwasbestforeach, , hefoundnothingbutuncertaintyandperplexityonallsides."Itwaslacerating," "laceration"? Hedidnotunderstandthefirstwordinthisperplexingmaze.
SeeingAlyosha, KaterinaIvanovnasaidquicklyandjoyfullytoIvan, whohadalreadygotuptogo, "Aminute! Stayanotherminute! 'tgoaway," sheadded, , andMadameHohlakovsatopposite, byIvan.
"Youareallmyfriendshere, allIhaveintheworld, mydearfriends," shebeganwarmly, inavoicewhichquiveredwithgenuinetearsofsuffering, andAlyosha'sheartwarmedtoheratonce."You, AlexeyFyodorovitch, werewitnessyesterdayofthatabominablescene, , IvanFyodorovitch, ', thatifitwererepeatedto-day, thisminute, Ishouldexpressthesamefeelingsagainasyesterday—thesamefeelings, thesamewords, , AlexeyFyodorovitch; youcheckedmeinoneofthem"...(asshesaidthat, sheflushedandhereyesshone)."ImusttellyouthatIcan', ', , ifIstilllovedhim, perhapsIshouldn'tbesorryforhimnow, butshouldhatehim."
Hervoicequivered, ."Thatgirlistruthfulandsincere," hethought, "andshedoesnotloveDmitrianymore."
