"n-no, i have never given him money, and he knows well that i will never give him any; because i am anxious to keep him out of intemperate ways. he is going to town with me now; for you must know i am off to petersburg after ferdishenko, while the scent is hot; i’m certain he is there. i shall let the general go one way, while i go the other; we have so arranged matters in order to pop out upon ferdishenko, you see, from different sides. but i am going to follow that naughty old general and catch him, i know where, at a certain widow’s house; for i think it will be a good lesson, to put him to shame by catching him with the widow."