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I never supposed you would say ` yes , ''' cried Rogojin , laughing sardonically . And he disappeared , without looking round again . PART IV A week had elapsed since the rendezvous of our two friends on the green bench in the park , when , one fine morning at about half-past ten o'clock , Varvara Ardalionovna , otherwise Mrs. Ptitsin , who had been out to visit a friend , returned home in a state of considerable mental depression . There are certain people of whom it is difficult to say anything which will at once throw them into relief -- in other words , describe them graphically in their typical characteristics . These are they who are generally known as `` commonplace people , '' and this class comprises , of course , the immense majority of mankind . Authors , as a rule , attempt to select and portray types rarely met with in their entirety , but these types are nevertheless more real than real life itself .