"'And do you know Nerchínsk?'
"'Indeed I do, I lived there.'
"'And do you know Tatyána Ivánovna?'
"'Of course I do!'
"'Permit me to ask you,—were you, too, exiled?'
"'Yes, I had the misfortune to suffer, and you?'
"'We are all exiles of the 14th of December. It is strange that we should not know you, if you, too, were exiled for the 14th. Permit me to know your name!'
"'Fédorov.'
"'Also for the 14th?'
"'No, for the 18th.'