[ It's not so much that he doesn't anticipate that Fyodor will do something to influence the conclusion of this conversation. Gogol has worked parallel to him for some time after all and has never known him to make offers without there being something else behind it.
Which is to say the sudden offer does gives him pause. But not a long one. In that pause a smile begins to turn the corners of his mouth upwards once again. Mockery of a thinker, he brings a hand up to that grinning mouth as if in contemplation.
And yet he wouldn't wish to be able to read Dostoevsky's mind. Not when surprise is the spice of life. A chuckle comes from the satisfaction of knowing absolutely nothing about what will happen next. Uncertainty he decides not to challenge. ]
Mmmhmm!! It is. Very much so! ...So would you be so kind, fedya?
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Which is to say the sudden offer does gives him pause. But not a long one. In that pause a smile begins to turn the corners of his mouth upwards once again. Mockery of a thinker, he brings a hand up to that grinning mouth as if in contemplation.
And yet he wouldn't wish to be able to read Dostoevsky's mind. Not when surprise is the spice of life. A chuckle comes from the satisfaction of knowing absolutely nothing about what will happen next. Uncertainty he decides not to challenge. ]
Mmmhmm!! It is. Very much so! ...So would you be so kind, fedya?