I have never spoken to any one of this.

And there's no one I could speak of it to, except you.

You know we're utterly unlike each other, different tastes and views and everything; but I know you're fond of me and understand me, and that's why I like you awfully.

But for God's sake, be quite straightforward with me.

" "I tell you what I think," said Stepan Arkadyevitch, smiling.