"You misunderstand me, Agrippina Petrovna. I will not go abroad, and if I do go, it will be to an entirely different place."
His face suddenly turned a purple color.
"Yes, it is necessary to tell her," he thought. "I must tell all to everybody.
"A very strange and important thing has happened to me. Do you remember Katiousha, who lived with Aunt Maria Ivanovna?"
"Of course; I taught her to sew."
"Well, then, she was tried in court yesterday, and I was one of the jury."
"Ah, good Lord! what a pity!" said Agrippina Petrovna. "What was she tried for?"
"Murder, and it was all caused by me."
"How could you have caused it? You are talking very strangely," said Agrippina Petrovna, and fire sparkled in her old eyes.
She knew of the incident with Katiousha.