The Idiot Part I Chapter 13

In which the prince, trembling with a curious mixture of hope and fear, ventures into Nastasia Philipovna’s finely adorned salon, where an uneasy company gathers under her unsettled and capricious mood. Amidst strained pleasantries and concealed anxieties, a queer game of confessions is proposed to enliven the evening, revealing the fragile and suspicious nature lurking beneath the polished surface of their society.