She was happy that he spoke to her so openly about the matter, and that she might be useful to him in his work.
"I understand all about it, Pasha," she said.

"It's a piece of robbery.

What's the name of the man?
Yegor Ivanovich ?" "Yes," said Pavel, smiling kindly.
She returned late in the evening, exhausted but contented.
"I saw Sashenka," she told her son.

"She sends you her regards.

And this Yegor Ivanovich is such a simple fellow, such a joker! He speaks so comically." "I'm glad you like them," said Pavel softly.
"They are simple people, Pasha.