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"I should say, too," continued Zossimov with zest, "that your

complete recovery depends solely on yourself. Now that one can

talk to you, I should like to impress upon you that it is

essential to avoid the elementary, so to speak, fundamental

causes tending to produce your morbid condition: in that case you

will be cured, if not, it will go from bad to worse. These

fundamental causes I don't know, but they must be known to you.

You are an intelligent man, and must have observed yourself, of

course. I fancy the first stage of your derangement coincides

with your leaving the university. You must not be left without

occupation, and so, work and a definite aim set before you might,

I fancy, be very beneficial."

"Yes, yes; you are perfectly right.... I will make haste and

return to the university: and then everything will go

smoothly...."