7/19 'One cannot respect them, but these I do respect.' 'Well go on respecting them! Who wants to prevent you ?' Olenin did not reply. He evidently wanted to complete what he had begun to say. It was very near his heart. 'But my life has so shaped itself that I not only see no necessity to renounce my rules, but I could not live here, let alone live as happily as I am doing, were I to live as you do. Therefore I look for something quite different from what you look for.' Beletski raised his eyebrows incredulously. |