When you came in just now you took out your knife!" "What are you saying, unhappy creature?
What dreams you have!" he exclaimed, pushing her away from him with all his might, so that her head and shoulders fell painfully against the sofa.

He was rushing away; but she at once flew to overtake him, limping and hopping, and though Lebyadkin, panic-stricken, held her back with all his might, she succeeded in shouting after him into the darkness, shrieking and laughing: "A curse on you, Grishka Otrepyev!" IV "A knife, a knife," he repeated with uncontrollable anger, striding along through the mud and puddles, without picking his way.

It is true that at moments he had a terrible desire to laugh aloud frantically; but for some reason he controlled himself and restrained his laughter.

He recovered himself only on the bridge, on the spot where Fedka had met him that evening.

He found the man lying in wait for him again.