Zusammenfassung zu Fathers and Sons, Chapter 8

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1. Paul leaves Nikolai’s troubled estate business and visits Thenichka, asking her to arrange a purchase of green tea.
2. Thenichka brings Mitia back into the room, and Paul admires the baby’s resemblance to Nikolai.
3. Nikolai arrives, welcomes his brother’s attention, and questions Thenichka’s request to return to the wing.
4. The narrator recounts how Nikolai hires Arina Savishna and becomes attached to her daughter after treating her injured eye.
5. After Arina’s death, Thenichka’s loneliness and Nikolai’s affection bring them together.
6. Nikolai plays with Mitia while Paul withdraws to his study, releases the window curtains, and lies down again.

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Paul openly recognizes Mitia’s resemblance to Nikolai. His attention to the baby makes Nikolai feel that his brother acknowledges this part of his household.

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