Title of the piece: Asya

Year of writing: 1857

Genre of the work: Story

Main characters: the narrator is Mr. N.N. Russian young people Gagin, his sister Anna, who is called Asya.

Plot

The protagonist remembers the past - travels abroad, life in a small town on the Rhine. While living in Germany, he meets Gagin with his sister Asya. Gagin dreams of becoming an artist, while Asya has a rather strange character and does unusual things. They become friends, and in the course of communication N.N. falls in love with Asya. But happiness becomes impossible, since the hero is not sure of the feelings for the girl who is attached to him. As a result, their paths diverge, and the narrator, realizing the depth of feelings for Asya, seeks with all his might to return lost love. Life never brought them together and only forever wounded the heart of a lonely person.

Conclusion (my opinion)

Turgenev vividly showed a girl who found it difficult to find her place in society. She is capable of various reckless acts, but at the same time Asya is sweet, kind and pure in soul. Of course, her origins left an imprint on her. Being illegitimate, she could not be like everyone else. Thus, the writer drew attention to the problem of society in families.

The story also shows that you need to hold on to real feelings. It is too late to change the situation later. The protagonist did not dare to ask Asya's hand directly, her low origin played an important role, because it could damage her reputation. When love comes, all these are just conventions, but N.N. realizes this too late. Excessive impulsiveness and lack of open communication led to disastrous consequences for life.

Turgenev's "Asya" is a memory story. All events and experiences are recreated in the imagination and memory of the narrator. From the point of view of the present, they now see the past in a completely different way: life turns out to be valuable, and time is found, and not lost.

I. S. Turgenev. The story "Asya": a summary of 1-5 chapters

N.N., a secular and far from young man, recalls an event that happened when he was 25 years old. During an aimless journey he happened to stay in a provincial town Z. in Germany. At one of them he met Gagin, a young Russian artist, and his sister Anna, whom he called Asya. Although N.N. tried to avoid communicating with fellow countrymen abroad, he immediately liked his new acquaintance. Soon he received an invitation from Gagin to visit. At first Asya was embarrassed by N.N., but when she got used to it, she began the conversation herself. Leaving home in the evening, the narrator realized that for the first time in a long time he felt truly happy. Every day Asya was new: now she was naughty like a child, now she was a simpleton, now a well-bred young lady.

I. S. Turgenev. "Asya": a summary of 6-7 chapters

N.N. began to visit new friends regularly and noticed that the girl now avoids him, is often sad. He suspected that Gagin, who behaved condescendingly and affectionately with Asya, was not her brother at all. It was confirmed by an overheard conversation. Asya assured Gagin that she loved only him alone. This news greatly upset N.N. He spent several days in nature, far from new acquaintances. Soon a note was brought from Gagin in which he asked N.N. to visit them.

The girl laughed at the sight of the guest and ran away. Gagin behaved kindly with N. N. and told him the story of his sister's life. The artist spent his childhood in a village that belonged to his parents. After the death of his mother, he was raised by his father. The measured life was disrupted by the arrival of his uncle, who said that the boy should get an education in St. Petersburg. Gagin's father was not delighted, but still allowed him to leave. At first, the boy went to school, and then entered the guards regiment. On one of his visits home (when he was already 20 years old) he saw little Asya. The father explained that it was an orphan, taken out of pity to feed. Gagin did not visit the old man for a long time until the news of his illness came. Arriving home, he found his father on his deathbed. He asked his son to take care of his daughter Anna and soon died. And the servant had already revealed the truth to Gagin: it turned out that Asya was the daughter of the master and the maid Tatiana. The woman lived with her daughter separately (with her sister), although he was going to marry her. Tatiana died when the girl was 9 years old. Gagin took Asya to Petersburg. At first she was ashamed of the young master, but then she got used to him and fell in love with him. Although he did not really want to, he nevertheless gave her to a famous Petersburg boarding house. There the girl was lonely, as her peers avoided her. At the end of the boarding house, when Asya was 17 years old, Gagin took her home, and they went to travel. After he knew everything, N.N. felt significant relief.

The girl entered the room, and they danced a waltz for a long time to the accompaniment of Gagin.

Summary. "Asya" Turgenev: chapters 10-16

The next day the three of them had fun like little children. But the next day Asya was sad. She thought about her own death. NN received a note from the girl in which she asked to visit her. And then Gagin came and told that Asya was in a fever, that she had confessed that she loved N.N. and wished to leave. The narrator received a note indicating the new meeting place and went there. He hugged Asya, and then began to scold for the fact that she was the first to tell Gagin everything. The girl jumped out of the room and ran away.

Summary. "Asya" Turgenev I.S .: 17-20 chapters

NN was looking for his beloved all over the city, but by evening he saw a light in her window and realized that she was already at home. Determined to propose to her tomorrow, he went to his room.

Summary. "Asya" Turgenev I.S .: 21-22 chapters

But in the morning the maid said that the owners had moved out and left a note. Gagin wrote that separation in this case is the best solution. At the house where the last meeting with Asya took place, Frau Louise handed over a note from her. The girl wrote that one word of N.N. would have been enough for her to stay. No matter how hard he tried to find the Gagins, nothing came of it. Since then, the narrator had to recognize many women, but none of them managed to awaken in him that former feeling. Longing for Asya remained in N.N.'s heart for the rest of his life.

NN, a middle-aged socialite, recalls a story that happened when he was twenty-five years old. N.N. then traveled without a goal and without a plan, and on his way stopped in a quiet German town N. Once N.N., having come to a student party, met two Russians in the crowd - a young artist who called himself Gagin and his sister Anna , which Gagin called Asya. NN avoided Russians abroad, but he immediately liked his new acquaintance. Gagin invited N. N. to his home, to the apartment where he and his sister were staying. N. N. was fascinated by his new friends. At first Asya was shy of NN, but soon she herself began to speak to him. Evening has come, it's time to go home. Leaving the Gagins, N.N. felt happy.

Many days have passed. Asya's pranks were varied, every day she seemed to be a new, another - now a well-bred young lady, now a playful child, now a simple girl. N.N. regularly visited the Gagins. Some time later, Asya stopped being naughty, looked upset, avoided NN Gagin treated her kindly and condescendingly, and in NN there was a growing suspicion that Gagin was not Asya's brother. A strange incident confirmed his suspicions. Once N.N. accidentally overheard a conversation between the Gagins, in which Asya told Gagin that she loved him and did not want to love anyone else. NN was very bitter.

NN spent the next few days in nature, avoiding the Gagins. But a few days later he found a note at home from Gagin, who asked him to come. Gagin met N.N. in a friendly way, but Asya, seeing the guest, burst out laughing and ran away. Then Gagin told a friend the story of his sister.

Gagin's parents lived in their village. After the death of Gagin's mother, his father raised his son himself. But one day Gagin's uncle came and decided that the boy should study in St. Petersburg. Father resisted, but gave in, and Gagin entered school, and then into the guards regiment. Gagin often came and once, at the age of twenty, he saw a little girl Asya in his house, but did not pay any attention to her, having heard from her father that she was an orphan and was taken by him "for feeding."

Gagin was away from his father for a long time and was just receiving letters from him, when suddenly one day the news came about his fatal illness. Gagin arrived and found his father dying. He bequeathed to his son to take care of his daughter, Gagin's sister - Asya. Soon the father died, and the servant told Gagin that Asya was the daughter of Gagin's father and Tatyana's maid. Gagin's father became very attached to Tatyana and even wanted to marry her, but Tatyana did not consider herself a lady and lived with her sister with Asya. When Asya was nine years old, she lost her mother. Her father took her into the house and raised her himself. She was ashamed of her origin and at first was afraid of Gagin, but then she fell in love with him. He, too, became attached to her, brought her to Petersburg and, no matter how bitter it was for him to do it, he gave her to the boarding school. There she had no friends, the young ladies did not like her, but now she is seventeen, she finished her studies, and together they went abroad. And so ... she is playing pranks and fooling around as before ...

After Gagin's story, NN became easy. Asya, who met them in the room, suddenly asked Gagin to play a waltz for them, and N.N. and Asya danced for a long time. Asya waltzed beautifully, and NN recalled this dance for a long time.

The next day Gagin, N.N. and Asya were together and had fun like children, but the next day Asya was pale, she said that she was thinking about her death. Everyone except Gagin was sad.

Once NN was brought a note from Asya, in which she asked him to come. Soon Gagin came to NN and said that Asya was in love with NN. Yesterday she had a fever all evening, she didn’t eat anything, cried and confessed that she loved NN. She wanted to leave ...

NN told a friend about the note that Asya had sent him. Gagin understood that his friend would not marry Asya, so they agreed that NN would honestly explain to her, and Gagin would sit at home and not pretend that he knew about the note.

Gagin left, but N.N.'s head was spinning. Another note informed N.N. about the change of the place of their meeting with Asya. Arriving at the appointed place, he saw the hostess, Frau Louise, who led him into the room where Asya was waiting.

Asya was trembling. NN hugged her, but immediately remembered Gagin and began to accuse Asya of having told her brother everything. Asya listened to his speeches and suddenly burst into tears. NN was confused, but she rushed to the door and disappeared.

NN rushed about the city in search of Asya. He was gnawed at himself. Thinking it over, he went to the Gagins' house. Gagin came out to meet him, worried that Asya was not there. N.N. looked for Asya all over the city, he repeated a hundred times that he loved her, but could not find her anywhere. However, approaching the Gagins' house, he saw the light in Ashina's room and calmed down. He made a firm decision - tomorrow to go and ask Ashina's hand. N. N. was happy again.

The next day NN saw a servant at the house, who said that the owners had left, and gave him a note from Gagin, where he wrote that he was convinced of the need for separation. When N. N. walked past Frau Louise's house, she handed him a note from Asya, where she wrote that if N. N. had said one word, she would have stayed. But, apparently, it's better this way ...

NN looked everywhere for the Gagins, but did not find them. He knew many women, but the feeling Asya awakened in him never happened again. Longing for her remained with NN for the rest of his life.

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“Man is not a plant, and he cannot flourish for a long time” - this phrase from the work “Asya” by Ivan Turgenev reflects his whole essence. Let's turn to history a little. The story, which the author wrote with great inspiration, came out of his pen in 1857 and, published in the Sovremennik magazine, delighted many writers, and also did not leave indifferent the readership. More than a century and a half have passed, but still thoughtful lovers of classical literature read Asya and derive obvious benefits from this book.

The main characters of the story

Mr. N.N.- a young man, noble and honest, traveling across countries and ended up in Germany, where he made friends with Gagin and his sister Asya. This influenced the rest of his life.

Gagin- friend of N.N., brother of Asya, a young man, who is twenty-four years old, a rich nobleman. She takes care of her sister, a seventeen-year-old girl. Experiencing difficulties in raising her.

Asya- full name Anna Nikolaevna, half noblewoman, half peasant (mother Tatiana was a maid). The behavior of a girl is extremely changeable: she is sometimes very emotional, sometimes strange, sometimes sad, sometimes calm, but always wayward. Knows French and German and likes to read. In love with Mr. N.N. but this does not entail happiness, on the contrary, it becomes the reason for their quick departure from the city of L.

Chapter One: Meeting Mr. N.N.

Describing the surrounding nature, the narrator draws attention to the fact that human faces are dearer to him than mountains, cliffs and waterfalls. Betrayed by a young widow who preferred a red-cheeked Bavarian lieutenant to him, the author increasingly sought solitude and, settling in the town of Z, "sat for long hours on a stone bench under a lonely huge ash tree."
On the other side of the river was the town of L, a little more than where the main character of the story, Mr. N.N. Hearing the sounds of music coming from there, he asked what was happening there. It turned out that the reason for the holiday was the students who came to the commerce.

Chapter two: meeting with Gagin and his sister

After reading the first chapter, the reader may wonder what "commerce" is. This, as the author explains, "is a special kind of solemn feast, which is attended by students of the same land or brotherhood." Driven by curiosity, Mr. N.N. went to the other side and disappeared into the crowd of celebrating. Suddenly, behind him there was a voice of a man and a woman speaking Russian. So he met Gagin and his sister Asya.

The young man favorably differed from the Russians who lived abroad or were there on business: he was smiling, charming, sweet. Good impression on Mr. N.N. made by Asya. Therefore, he did not hesitate to accept the invitation to visit them.

The view was beautiful, the food was tasty and fresh, and the pleasant conversation lasted long, until nightfall. To the heart of Mr. N.N. there was a pretty girl with an irrepressible, lively character. Finally, the hero of the story returned home, but the soul was disturbed by the sounds of music coming from the opposite bank.

Chapter three: friendship between Gagin and N.N. strengthens

No sooner had Mr. N.N. wake up when I heard the sound of a stick under the window. It was Garin who paid a visit to his new friend early in the day.

Talking over a cup of coffee, good friends discussed plans for the future, shared dreams and failures. Garin wanted to devote himself to painting, but he realized that his drawings were still immature and about this was a little discouraged. After finishing the conversation, the friends went to look for Asya

Chapter four: Asya's reckless act

They saw the girl sitting on the ledge of the wall of a black quadrangular tower, right above the abyss.

Asya scared N.N. his reckless act, but Garin asked him to turn his attention to how smart the locals were.

After a modest dinner, sister Garina begged off to Frau Louise, a kind old woman, the widow of a former burgomaster, and the young people, left alone, again engaged in a friendly dialogue with each other.

When N. returned home, his mood was no longer as cloudless as yesterday. Without ceasing to think about the capricious girl who so unexpectedly appeared in his life, he was sometimes sad, then worried, then suddenly began to annoy the young widow who had betrayed him. The obsessive thoughts agitated the soul: maybe Asya was not Gagin's sister at all?

Chapter five: visiting again

Wanting to see Asya again, Mr. N. went to visit Gagin. And the sister of a new friend appeared before him in an unexpected way - as a simple Russian girl. She stayed on the farm, and friends, taking advantage of the beautiful weather, went to nature, because Gagin really wanted to draw from nature. An old branched oak became the object for the creativity of the novice artist. Gagin and his friend talked a lot, but involuntarily N.'s thoughts returned to the mysterious girl who can change so unexpectedly.

Chapter six: is Asya's sister to Gagin?

Two weeks passed. Mr. N., observing Asya's behavior, increasingly noticed the contrast between the upbringing of the girl and Gagin himself. The new acquaintance was reluctant to talk about the past in Russia, but still managed to find out that before moving abroad, she lived in the village. The change in the girl's mood puzzled the narrator more and more. Asya tried to imitate the heroine of the book she had read, then she seemed diligent and sedate, but in any state she was very attractive. The hero of the story was convinced of one thing over and over again: she is still not Gagin's sister. And once there was a case when, remaining unnoticed, Mr. N. heard the girl's declarations of love for Gagin.

Chapter Seven: Confused Feelings

The next day, to put his thoughts in order, N. went to the mountains. "Why did they pretend to be relatives?" - this question haunted. For three days he wandered through the valleys and mountains, sometimes sat in taverns, talked with the owners, guests, and finally, returning home, he saw a note from Gagin, who asked to come to them as soon as he returned.

Chapter Eight: Asya's Story

Gagin met his friend well, but Asya again behaved unnaturally, even strange. The conversation did not go well, and Mr. N. got ready to go home, referring to urgent work. But then finally Gagin decided, in order to avoid any reservations, to tell Asya's story.

It turns out that she is the daughter of his father, a kind, intelligent, but unhappy person.

Gagin was only six months old when dad was widowed. For twelve years he raised the boy, in solitude, in the village, until his own brother insisted on taking the child with him. Gagin's life changed radically: first the cadet school, then the guards regiment. On one of his visits to the village, he saw at home a thin ten-year-old girl named Asya, very wild and fearful. Father said that she was an orphan and was taken out of mercy.

Before his death, dad took a word from Gagin that he would take care of the girl, who turned out to be a half-sister. According to the valet Yakov, a few years after his wife died, Gagin's father got along with her former maid Tatyana, even wanted to marry, but the woman did not agree and, having given birth to a daughter, lived with her with her sister. And at nine years old, the girl became an orphan. Then Garin took her to him. At first, thirteen-year-old Asya was shy even at the sound of her stepbrother's voice, but then she got used to it and became very attached. Out of necessity, Garin sent her to one of the best boarding schools, but when the girl was seventeen years old, the question arose: what to do with her next. And then the responsible brother retired, went abroad and took Asya with him.

After this story, N. calmed down and, not wishing to go home, returned to Gagin.

Chapter nine: Asya's behavior changes for the better

This story opened my eyes to a lot, and Gagin's new acquaintance began to perceive Asya's behavior differently than before. She was glad that N. had returned, began to talk with him, to say that she wanted to live life not just like that, but with meaning, to accomplish some kind of feat, wanted to be like Pushkinskaya Tatiana. And then she asked N. to dance a waltz with her.

Chapter ten: thirst for happiness

Although the day went very well: Asya's laughter was heard, Gagin was happy, nevertheless N.N, going home, felt an incomprehensible inner anxiety. Some kind of thirst for happiness kindled in him. And this has not yet been explained.

Chapter eleven: Asya's mood swings

The next day N.N. I went to my new friends again. He did not think if he was in love with Asya, but he was sincerely glad that he managed to get close to this, formerly wild girl. Having crossed the threshold of the house where Gagin lived with his sister, the hero of the story noticed a sharp change in Asya's mood: she was sad. The girl worried about her lack of education, asked if she was smart, asked for advice on what to do. And Gagin at this time, disheveled and stained with paints, again tried to depict a picture on canvas.

Chapter twelve: the girl's incomprehensible behavior

Asya began to have pessimistic thoughts. She even scared N.N. talking about his impending death. Something incomprehensible was happening to Gagin's sister. Either the girl was sad that her new friend considered her frivolous, then she expressed that he had a bad opinion of her, then, turning pale, she was frightened of something.

Chapter thirteen: a note from Asya

N.N tormented himself with the question of whether the girl was in love with him. When he again came to visit his friends, he saw Asya only in passing, she was not well.

The next morning, the hero of the story was wandering around the city in despondency, when suddenly he was stopped by an unfamiliar boy and handed a note from Asya. “I must certainly see you,” the girl said and made an appointment near the stone chapel, at four in the afternoon. N.N. answered yes, although he was very worried.

Chapter fourteen: a conversation with Gagin

Not himself from experiences, N.N. I was expecting a meeting with the girl, when suddenly Gagin came in and reported the news: "My sister, Asya, is in love with you."

He was at a loss and did not know what to do, because the behavior of his sister, her violent reaction to first love, were very alarming.

I had to show a note where the girl made an appointment.

Chapter fifteen: the fateful decision

Asya changed the meeting place. Now N.N. I had to go to Frau Louise, knock and enter the third floor. In tormenting his soul, he made the fateful decision that he could not in any way marry this strange young girl with her hot, changeable character.

Chapter Sixteen: N.N. Disappearance of Asya

Conversation between Asya and N.N. took place in a small room. Despite the mutual love that fluttered in them, the heroes had to part. “You didn’t allow a feeling that was beginning to mature, you broke our connection yourself, you didn’t trust me, you doubted me…” - NN began to blame Asya. In response, loud sobs were heard, and then the girl very quickly rushed to the door and ... disappeared.

Chapter seventeen: N.N. reproaches himself

Tormented by a sense of guilt, N.N. left town and wandered around the field again. He reproached himself that he could not restrain the girl, that everything turned out so stupid, mentally asked Asya for forgiveness. But, alas, you cannot return the past. Finally, extremely dejected, the hero of the story went to Gagin's house.

Chapter eighteen: experiences of Gagin and N.N.

Gagin and N.N. they are very worried, because Asya did not return home. After waiting a little, they decided to look for the fugitive. We agreed to disperse, because this way there is more chance of finding a girl.

Chapter nineteen: finding Asya

Alas, the search was unsuccessful: Asya was nowhere to be seen. In despair N.N. wringing his hands, swearing eternal love to the girl, promised never to part, but all in vain. Suddenly something white flashed on the river bank. "Isn't it Asya?"

Chapter Twenty: Gagin won't let N.N. to the house

Asya returned home, but Gagin did not let his friend into the house to explain himself to the girl. But N.N. I wanted to ask for her hand. "Tomorrow I'll be happy" - the hero of the story convinced himself. But the dream turned out to be illusory.

Chapter twenty-one: a letter from Gagin. Note from Asya

"Left!" - this word of the servant, who was sweeping the empty house, pierced N.N. She handed a letter from Gagin, who asked not to be angry about the sudden departure, assured that the reason for this was the urgent need for separation, wished happiness. Asya did not write a single line.

"Who gave the right to steal her from me!" - exclaimed the hero of the story. And he rushed in search of his beloved, but, by the will of fate, finding himself in a small room where their first meeting took place in private (he was called there by the burgomaster's widow), he found a note: “If you told me one word, only one word, I would stay ... Goodbye forever".

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Years Alone

N.N. I learned that the Gagins had gone to London, followed them, but in vain: he did not find his girlfriend. At first, the hero was worried, but gradually calmed down and realized that with a wife like Asya, he probably would not be happy. But the tender, deep feeling that he experienced alone with the girl never happened again. And you have to live out the years in the loneliness of the "familyless mare."

Conclusion: unfortunately, falling in love does not always develop into love

So the story of Asya and N.N. Feelings flared up, but the heroes could not save them, so that from the spark of love, true love flared up, which would be able to warm hearts for the rest of their lives. Alas, this happens - and not only in the work of I.S. Turgenev. Unfortunately, the reality is full of such sad examples.

NN, a middle-aged socialite, recalls a story that happened when he was twenty-five years old. N.N. then traveled without a goal and without a plan, and on his way stopped in a quiet German town N. Once N.N., having come to a student party, met two Russians in the crowd - a young artist who called himself Gagin, and his sister Anna , which Gagin called Asya. NN avoided Russians abroad, but he immediately liked his new acquaintance. Gagin invited N. N. to his home, to the apartment where he and his sister were staying. NN was fascinated by his new friends. At first Asya was shy of NN, but soon she herself began to speak to him. Evening has come, it's time to go home. Leaving the Gagins, N.N. felt happy.

Many days have passed. Asya's pranks were varied, every day she seemed to be a new, another - now a well-bred young lady, now a playful child, now a simple girl. N.N. regularly visited the Gagins. Some time later, Asya stopped being naughty, looked upset, avoided NN Gagin treated her kindly and condescendingly, and in NN there was a growing suspicion that Gagin was not Asya's brother. A strange incident confirmed his suspicions. Once N.N. accidentally overheard a conversation between the Gagins, in which Asya told Gagin that she loved him and did not want to love anyone else. NN was very bitter.

NN spent the next few days in nature, avoiding the Gagins. But a few days later he found a note at home from Gagin, who asked him to come. Gagin met N.N. in a friendly way, but Asya, seeing the guest, burst out laughing and ran away. Then Gagin told a friend the story of his sister.

Gagin's parents lived in their village. After the death of Gagin's mother, his father raised his son himself. But one day Gagin's uncle came and decided that the boy should study in St. Petersburg. Father resisted, but gave in, and Gagin entered school, and then into the guards regiment. Gagin often came and once, at the age of twenty, he saw a little girl Asya in his house, but did not pay any attention to her, having heard from her father that she was an orphan and was taken by him "for feeding."

Gagin was away from his father for a long time and was just receiving letters from him, when suddenly one day the news came about his fatal illness. Gagin arrived and found his father dying. He bequeathed to his son to take care of his daughter, Gagin's sister - Asya. Soon the father died, and the servant told Gagin that Asya was the daughter of Gagin's father and Tatyana's maid. Gagin's father became very attached to Tatyana and even wanted to marry her, but Tatyana did not consider herself a lady and lived with her sister with Asya. When Asya was nine years old, she lost her mother. Her father took her into the house and raised her himself. She was ashamed of her origin and at first was afraid of Gagin, but then she fell in love with him. He, too, became attached to her, brought her to Petersburg and, no matter how bitter it was for him to do it, he gave her to the boarding school. There she had no friends, the young ladies did not like her, but now she is seventeen, she finished her studies, and together they went abroad. And so ... she plays pranks and fools as before ...

After Gagin's story, NN became easy. Asya, who met them in the room, suddenly asked Gagin to play a waltz for them, and N.N. and Asya danced for a long time. Asya waltzed beautifully, and NN recalled this dance for a long time.

The whole next day Gagin, N.N. and Asya were together and had fun like children, but a day later Asya was pale, she said that she was thinking about her death. Everyone except Gagin was sad.

Once N. N. was brought a note from Asya, in which she asked him to come. Soon Gagin came to N.N. and said that Asya was in love with N.N. Yesterday she had a fever all evening, she didn’t eat anything, cried and confessed that she loved N.N. She wanted to leave ...

NN told a friend about the note that Asya had sent him. Gagin understood that his friend would not marry Asya, so they agreed that NN would honestly explain to her, and Gagin would sit at home and not pretend that he knew about the note.

Gagin left, but N.N.'s head was spinning. Another note informed N.N. about the change of the place of their meeting with Asya. Arriving at the appointed place, he saw the hostess, Frau Louise, who led him into the room where Asya was waiting.

Asya was trembling. NN hugged her, but immediately remembered Gagin and began to accuse Asya of having told her brother everything. Asya listened to his speeches and suddenly burst into tears. NN was confused, but she rushed to the door and disappeared.

NN rushed about the city in search of Asya. He was gnawed at himself. Thinking it over, he went to the Gagins' house. Gagin came out to meet him, worried that Asya was not there. N.N. looked for Asya all over the city, he repeated a hundred times that he loved her, but could not find her anywhere. However, approaching the Gagins' house, he saw the light in Ashina's room and calmed down. He made a firm decision - to go tomorrow and ask Ashina's hand. N. N. was happy again.

The next day NN saw a servant at the house, who said that the owners had left, and gave him a note from Gagin, where he wrote that he was convinced of the need for separation. When N. N. walked past Frau Louise's house, she handed him a note from Asya, where she wrote that if N. N. had said one word, she would have stayed. But, apparently, it's better this way ...

NN looked everywhere for the Gagins, but did not find them. He knew many women, but the feeling Asya awakened in him never happened again. Longing for her remained with NN for the rest of his life.