for a short time at any rate

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en was the wonderful dignity of his
bearing under his son's “accusation” which he had never thought of
interruptingand before Varvara Petrovna's “denunciation.” How did he
come by such spirit? I only found out one thingthat he had certainly
been deeply wounded at his first meeting with Petrushaby the way he
had embraced him. It was a deep and genuine grief; at least in his eyes
and to his heart. He had another grief at the same timethat is the
poignant consciousness of having acted contemptibly. He admitted this
to me afterwards with perfect openness. And you know real genuine
sorrow will sometimes make even a phenomenally frivolousunstable
man solid and stoical; for a short time at any rate; what's moreeven
fools are by genuine sorrow turned into wise menalso only for a short
time of course; it is characteristic of sorrow. And if sowhat might not
happen with a man like Stepan Trofimovitch? It worked a complete
transformation―though also only for a timeof course.
He bowed with dignity to Varvara Petrovna without uttering a word (there
was nothing else left for him to doindeed). He was on the point of going
out without a wordbut could not refrain from approaching Darya
Pavlovna. She seemed to foresee that [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]