\"Allowme，Mr。Ivolgin，\"hesaidirritably。\"Whatisthegoodofallthisrigmarole？Pardonme。Allisnowclear，andweacknowledgethetruthofyourmainpoint。Whygointothesetediousdetails？Youwishperhapstoboastoftheclevernessofyourinvestigation，tocryupyourtalentsasdetective？OrperhapsyourintentionistoexcuseBurdovsky，byrovingthathetookupthematterinignorance？Well，Iconsiderthatextremelyimpudentonyourpart！YououghttoknowthatBurdovskyhasnoneedofbeingexcusedorjustifiedbyyouoranyoneelse！Itisaninsult！Theaffairisquitepainfulenoughforhimwithoutthat。Willnothingmakeyouunderstand？\"
\"Enough！enough！Mr。Terentieff，\"interruptedGania。
\"Don’texciteyourself；youseemveryill，andIamsorryforthat。Iamalmostdone，butthereareafewfactstowhichI
mustbrieflyrefer，asIamconvincedthattheyoughttobeclearlyexplainedonceforall……\"Amovementofimpatiencewasnoticedinhisaudienceasheresumed:\"Imerelywishtostate，fortheinformationofallconcerned，thatthereasonforMr。Pavlicheff’sinterestinyourmother，Mr。Burdovsky，wassimplythatshewasthesisterofaserf-girlwithwhomhewasdeeplyinloveinhisyouth，andwhommostcertainlyhewouldhavemarriedbutforhersuddendeath。Ihaveproofsthatthiscircumstanceisalmost，ifnotquite，forgotten。Imayaddthatwhenyourmotherwasabouttenyearsold，Pavlichefftookherunderhiscare，gaveheragoodeducation，andlater，aconsiderabledowry。Hisrelationswerealarmed，andfearedhemightgosofarastomarryher，butshegaveherhandtoayoungland-surveyornamedBurdovskywhenshereachedtheageoftwenty。
Icanevensaydefinitelythatitwasamarriageofaffection。