Book 4, Chapter 7: And In The Open Air

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌⁠“The air is fresh, but in my apartment it is not so in any sense of the word. Let us walk slowly, sir. I should be glad of your kind interest.”

“I too have something important to say to you,” observed Alyosha, “only I don’t know how to begin.”

“To be sure you must have business with me. You would never have looked in upon me without some object. Unless you come simply to complain of the boy, and tha