"quite so," said evgenie, sitting down suddenly beside him, "but i have changed my mind for the time being. i confess, i am too disturbed, and so, i think, are you; and the matter as to which i wished to consult you is too serious to tackle with one’s mind even a little disturbed; too serious both for myself and for you. you see, prince, for once in my life i wish to perform an absolutely honest action, that is, an action with no ulterior motive; and i think i am hardly in a condition to talk of it just at this moment, and and well, we’ll discuss it another time. perhaps the matter may gain in clearness if we wait for two or three days just the two or three days which i must spend in petersburg."