Lise idolizes Darya Pavlovna, she says so anyway; she says of her '_c'est un ange,_ only rather a reserved one.' They both advised me, even Praskovya.

...
Praskovya didn't advise me though.

Oh, what venom lies concealed in that 'Box'! And Lise didn't exactly advise me: 'What do you want to get married for,' she said, 'your intellectual pleasures ought to be enough for you.' She laughed.

I forgive her for laughing, for there's an ache in her own heart.

You can't get on without a woman though, they said to me.