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At that moment the captain flew out of the room, and at
once closed the door behind him. His face looked frenzied,
his lips were trembling. He stood before the two and flung
up his arms.
‘I don’t want a good boy! I don’t want another boy!’ he
muttered in a wild whisper, clenching his teeth. ‘If I for-
get thee, knees before the wooden bench. Pressing his fists
against his head, he began sobbing with absurd whimper-
ing cries, doing his utmost that his cries should not be heard
in the room.
Kolya ran out into the street.
‘Good-bye, Karamazov? Will you come yourself?’ he
cried sharply and angrily to Alyosha.
‘I will certainly come in the evening.’
‘What was that he said about Jerusalem?... What did he
mean by that?’
‘It’s from the Bible. ‘If I forget thee, Jerusalem,’ that is, if
I forget all that is most precious to me, if I let anything take
its place, then may-.’
‘I understand, that’s enough! Mind you come! Ici, Per-
ezvon!’ he cried with positive ferocity to the dog, and with
rapid strides he went home.

The Brothers Karamazov