He had
just established the indispensable connections with the
professorial circle; the reading of lectures in Roman history for
the coming year had been offered him, and not infrequently in
conversation he would use the expression current among the sub-
professors: "We, the learned ones!" The student familiarity, the
compulsory companionship, the obligatory participation in all
meetings, protests and demonstrations, were becoming
disadvantageous to him, embarrassing, and even simply tedious. But
he knew the value of popularity among the younger element, and for
that reason could not decide to sever relations abruptly with his
former circle. Lichonin's words, however, provoked him.
"Oh, my God, what does it matter what we did when we were
youngsters? We stole sugar, soiled our panties, tore the wings off
beetles," Yarchenko began to speak, growing heated, and
spluttering. "But there is a limit and a mean to all this. I,
gentlemen, do not presume, of course, to give you counsels and to
teach you, but one must be consistent. We are all agreed that
prostitution is one of the greatest calamities of humanity, and
are also agreed, that in this evil not the women are guilty, but
we, men, because the demand gives birth to the offer.
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