They trotted out Nikolay Vsevolodovich’s respectful attitude towards his mother, looked for various virtues in him and spoke approvingly of the learning he had acquired in four years of study at German universities.
It’s like that quote from The Idiot, ‘The terrible thing about money is that it gives you talents.’ But here, Nikolay Vsyevolodovich is being favoured by all the town for his alluring nihilism and dignity in the duel; he’s being made an idol even in high society now too. I’m sure he hates it lmao.
