‘Yes, that happens in this Russia of ours… and in general we Russians… well, yes, it happens,’ Stepan Trofimovich didn’t finish.
Omg I just realised the importance of this chapter (which I've so dreaded to reread because I just remember it as having been awfully boring). This is the first time Stepan is amongst real Russian people. This is his first time in 'the real life.'

