The Brothers Karamazov

of that brother Alexey I find it most difficult to speak in this
introduction. Yet I must give some preliminary account of
him, if only to explain one queer fact, which is that I have
to introduce my hero to the reader wearing the cassock of
a novice. Yes, he had been for the last year in our monas-
tery, and seemed willing to be cloistered there for the rest
of his life.