Grushenka repeats the phrase "I'd pay him out" when talking about her previous suitor, the Pole who is an officer. What does this mean?
The full sentence is "If only I could see him, if I could meet him again, I'd pay him out, I'd pay him out!"
The conversation takes place in Part III, Book VII, Chapter 3: An Onion for further context.
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
I'd get even; I'd have my revenge.Originally Posted by RaoulDuke
"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself"
Thank you! That makes a lot of sense given the context.
I'm sorry I didn't respond to your answer earlier; I did see it a long time ago but carried on with my reading and forgot to reply.
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
I trust you enjoyed Dostoevsky's monumental novel.
Decades after reading, I still marvel at the vibrant immediacy of his portrayal of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his sensual charmer, Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlova.
"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself"
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