“What ought I to have done?”
“Not have challenged him.”
“Accept another blow in the face?”
“Yes, accept another.”
“I can’t understand anything now,” said Stavrogin wrathfully. “Why does every one expect of me something not expected from anyone else? Why am I to put up with what no one else puts up with, and undertake burdens no one else can bear?”
“I thought you were seeking a burden yourself.”
“I seek a burden?”
“Yes.”
“You’ve … seen that?”
“Yes.”