[The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky]@TWC D-Link bookThe Possessed CHAPTER III 29/132
He stood still, as though thunder-struck. "It's Liputin; I am lost!" he whispered, clutching at my arm. At the same instant Liputin walked into the room. IV Why he should be lost owing to Liputin I did not know, and indeed I did not attach much significance to the words; I put it all down to his nerves.
His terror, however, was remarkable, and I made up my mind to keep a careful watch on him. The very appearance of Liputin as he came in assured us that he had on this occasion a special right to come in, in spite of the prohibition. He brought with him an unknown gentleman, who must have been a new arrival in the town.
In reply to the senseless stare of my petrified friend, he called out immediately in a loud voice: "I'm bringing you a visitor, a special one! I make bold to intrude on your solitude.
Mr.Kirillov, a very distinguished civil engineer.
And what's more he knows your son, the much esteemed Pyotr Stepanovitch, very intimately; and he has a message from him.
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