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himself:
'Oh, I guessed it! I guessed it all! '
Listening to the terrible description of Berlioz's death, the visitor
made an enigmatic comment, his eyes flashing with malice :
'I'm only sorry that it wasn't Latunsky the critic or that hack
Mstislav Lavrovich instead of Berlioz! ' And he mouthed silently and
ecstatically : ' Go on! '
The visitor was highly amused by the story of how the cat had paid the
conductress and he was choking with suppressed laughter as Ivan, stimulated
by the success of his story-telling, hopped about on his haunches, imitating
the cat stroking his whiskers with a ten-kopeck piece.
'And so,' said Ivan, saddening as he described the scene at
Griboyedov, ' here I am.'
The visitor laid a sympathetic hand on the wretched poet's shoulder and
said:
'Unhappy poet! But it's your own fault, my dear fellow. You shouldn't
have treated him so carelessly and rudely. Now you're paying for it. You
should be thankful that you got off comparatively lightly.'
'But who on earth is he? ' asked Ivan, clenching his fists in
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