‘Of course, I was sitting in the back, hiding, and setting in motion the entire little mechanism! Why, if I had taken part in the plot — and you will certainly understand this! —it would by no means have ended with just Liputin! And so, in your view, I also made an arrangement with Papa so that he would deliberately create such a scandal? Well now, who’s to blame for allowing Papa to read? Who tried to stop you yesterday, just yesterday, yesterday?’