1 January 1854

The day before yesterday I received my pay, 45 kopeks, and spent it all on sundries. Rose late to-day, and various visitors took up all my time before dinner : a Vozdvfzhensk Chechen — a kunak ; Hipolite, whom I welcomed too warmly ; Azonovna, with whom I felt confused ; Chekatovski, of whom I felt ashamed ; Vaska, to whom I promised an arbaz ; and finally Barfish- kin, whom I had the weakness to receive and who finished by robbing me. Received from Sulimovski a letter which stopped my writing to Aunt Paulina. God knows whether my hope will be fulfilled. After dinner I had coffee and went visiting with Zhuk^vich. I pleaded with Terentevna, and in general acted stupidly, which was a natural result of purposeless gadding about.