"AmI? Wouldyoubelieveit, Iwasawareofthat, too, PyotrAlexandrovitch, andletmetellyou, indeed, , too, thatyou''tcomingoff, yourreverence, 'sbeensosinceIwasyoung, whenIhadtomakejokesformylivinginnoblemen', andhavebeenfrombirthup, yourreverence, it'', PyotrAlexandrovitch; you'—IbelieveinGod, .I'mlikethephilosopher, Diderot, , mostHolyFather, howDiderotwenttoseetheMetropolitanPlaton, inthetimeoftheEmpressCatherine? Hewentinandsaidstraightout, 'ThereisnoGod.' Towhichthegreatbishoplifteduphisfingerandanswered, 'ThefoolhathsaidinhisheartthereisnoGod.' Andhefelldownathisfeetonthespot.'Ibelieve,' hecried, 'andwillbechristened.' , andPotyomkinhisgodfather."
"FyodorPavlovitch, thisisunbearable! Youknowyou'retellingliesandthatthatstupidanecdoteisn'?" criedMiüsovinashakingvoice.
"Isuspectedallmylifethatitwasn'ttrue," FyodorPavlovitchcriedwithconviction."ButI'lltellyouthewholetruth, ! Forgiveme, thelastthingaboutDiderot', PyotrAlexandrovitch, 'tknowmyself, sometimes, , Iheardasfaras 'thefoolhathsaidinhisheart' , PyotrAlexandrovitch, ...."
Miüsovgotup, , andconsciousofbeingridiculous.
