" But what's to be done?" "Don't steal rolls.

" Stepan Arkadyevitch laughed outright.

"Oh, moralist! But you must understand, there are two women; one insists only on her rights, and those rights are your love, which you can't give her; and the other sacrifices everything for you and asks for nothing.

What are you to do? How are you to act? There's a fearful tragedy in it.

" "If you care for my profession of faith as regards that, I'll tell you that I don't believe there was any tragedy about it.