Then why is it he doesn't believe? Surely from his thinking so much? And he thinks so much from being solitary.
He's always alone, alone.
He can't talk about it all to us.
I fancy he'll be glad of these visitors, especially Katavasov.
He likes discussions with them," she thought, and passed instantly to the consideration of where it would be more convenient to put Katavasov, to sleep alone or to share Sergey Ivanovitch's room.