Book 2, Chapter 7: A Young Man Bent On A Career

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌⁠Alyosha helped Father Zossima to his bedroom and seated him on his bed. It was a little room furnished with the bare necessities. There was a narrow iron bedstead, with a strip of felt for a mattress. In the corner, under the ikons, was a reading-desk with a cross and the Gospel lying on it. The elder sank exhausted on the bed. His eyes glittered and he breathed hard. He looked intently at Alyosha