Arkady

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Portrait of Ivan Turgenev Ivan Turgenev,  The Novels of Ivan Turgenev (1895)

“ You reproached me, if you remember, yesterday with a want of seriousness,' Arkady went on, with the air of a man who has got into a bog, feels that he is sinking further and further in at every step, and yet hurries onwards in the hope of crossing it as soon as possible; ”
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Portrait of Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky,  White Nights and Other Stories

“ A minute later Vasya looked at him, tears stood in his large blue eyes, and his pale, mild face wore a look of infinite suffering. He whispered something.
"What, what is it?" cried Arkady, bending down to him.
"What for, why are they doing it to me?" whispered Vasya. "What for? What have I done?"
"Vasya, what is it? What are you afraid of? What is it?" cried Arkady, wringing his hands in despair.
"Why are they sending me for a soldier?" said Vasya, looking his friend straight in the face. "Why is it? What have I done?"
Arkady's hair stood on end with horror; he refused to believe his ears.
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Portrait of Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky,  White Nights and Other Stories

“ Vasya sank into silence at once, and looked open-eyed at Arkady, as though his unexpected argument had settled all his doubts. He even smiled, but the same melancholy expression came back to his face at once. Arkady, taking this smile as a sign that all his uneasiness was over, and the look that succeeded it as an indication that he was determined to do better, was greatly relieved.
"Well, brother Arkasha, you will wake up," said Vasya, "keep an eye on me; if I fall asleep it will be dreadful. I'll set to work now.... Arkasha?"
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Source: Gutenberg

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