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throw the world from its axis by zerodignity
Fandoms: Бесы - Фёдор Достоевский | Demons - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Бесы | Demons (TV 2014)
14 Jul 2024
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“Perhaps I am simply waiting for the right moment,” Stavrogin mused, with a contemplative air, as though he could only guess at his own motives. “Perhaps I will throw you out, or call for help, the instant you have compromised yourself.”
“You might,” Verkhovensky agreed enthusiastically. “You might wait until I have kissed not only your hand but also your thigh, until I’ve crawled between your knees to lay my head in your lap, and call for help then. You might do it, even if doing so would ruin your life, as well.”
“Yet knowing all that, you've come to me anyway.”
“Of course,” Verkhovensky answered, beginning to lose his breath, “because I wish very much to find out what you will do next; and if your decision is to tear down your own life alongside mine, to wed us together in disgrace, then — I could hardly be disappointed with that, could I?”
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Fleeing on a train toward Switzerland, Verkhovensky reunites with Stavrogin, and finally gets exactly what he asks for.
Set in the space between the novel’s final chapter and epilogue.
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Pyotr's dreams come true. In a way.
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10 Aug 2024