‘It wasn't you I was bowing to, but the whole of human suffering,’ he said almost savagely, and went over to the window. ‘Listen,’ he added, coming back to her after a moment or two, ‘I told an insulting fellow earlier today that he wasn't worth your little finger … and that I'd done my sister an honour by making her sit next to you.’ ‘Oh, why did you tell him that? And in her presence, too!’ Sonya exclaimed in fear. ‘Sitting with me? An honour? But I mean … I don't have any honour … Oh, why did you say that?’ ‘I said it about you not because of your sin or your dishonour, but because of your
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