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"I should like very, very much to know, Dmitri Prokofitch... how

he looks... on things in general now, that is, how can I explain,

what are his likes and dislikes? Is he always so irritable? Tell

me, if you can, what are his hopes and, so to say, his dreams?

Under what influences is he now? In a word, I should like..."

"Ah, mother, how can he answer all that at once?" observed

Dounia.

"Good heavens, I had not expected to find him in the least like

this, Dmitri Prokofitch!"