ItwastruethatIvanhadcomeoflatetofeelanintensedislikefortheman, , , althoughhehadalwayswonderedatacertainincoherence, orratherrestlessness, inhismind, andcouldnotunderstandwhatitwasthatsocontinuallyandinsistentlyworkeduponthebrainof "thecontemplative." Theydiscussedphilosophicalquestionsandevenhowtherecouldhavebeenlightonthefirstdaywhenthesun, moon, andstarswereonlycreatedonthefourthday, , thoughthesun, moon, andstarsmightbeaninterestingsubject, yetthatitwasquitesecondarytoSmerdyakov, , hebegantobetrayaboundlessvanity, andawoundedvanity, too, , , andtherehadbeenthescandalswithhisbrotherDmitri—theydiscussedthat, , , infact, somethingsurprisingintheillogicalityandincoherenceofsomeofhisdesires, , puttingcertainindirectbutobviouslypremeditatedquestions, butwhathisobjectwashedidnotexplain, , ; onthecontrary, healwaysspokeveryrespectfully, yethehadobviouslybeguntoconsider—goodnessknowswhy!—, somesecretbetweenthem, thathadatsometimebeenexpressedonbothsides, .
, andfromthatactionalone, , andthefactthathedidstop, insteadofpassingby, ashemeanttotheminutebefore, 'semasculate, sicklyface, , "Whereareyougoing? Youwon'tpassby; youseethatwetwocleverpeoplehavesomethingtosaytoeachother."
Ivanshook."Getaway, ?" wasonthetipofhistongue, buttohisprofoundastonishmentheheardhimselfsay, "Ismyfatherstillasleep, orhashewaked?"
Heaskedthequestionsoftlyandmeekly, tohisownsurprise, andatonce, againtohisownsurprise, ; , hishandsbehindhisback, lookingathimwithassuranceandalmostseverity.
