"in the eyes of the world i am sure that i have no cause for pride or self-esteem. i am much too insignificant for that. but what may be so to other men’s eyes is not so to yours. i am convinced that you are better than other people. doktorenko disagrees with me, but i am content to differ from him on this point. i will never accept one single copeck from you, but you have helped my mother, and i am bound to be grateful to you for that, however weak it may seem. at any rate, i have changed my opinion about you, and i think right to inform you of the fact; but i also suppose that there can be no further intercourse between us.