Notes from the Underground, Part 1, Part VI summary

What happens

1. At two, the narrator becomes fully alert beside Liza in a dark, crowded room and begins questioning her.
2. Liza says she is twenty, comes from Riga, and has spent two weeks in the house.
3. The narrator partly invents a burial story and predicts that Liza faces declining earnings, disease, and death.
4. He describes her position as bondage, and her agreement about their loveless encounter encourages his desire to influence her.
5. He contrasts her life with affectionate homes, marriage, and children, mixing sincere emotion with calculated persuasion.
6. Liza says his speech resembles a book; he misses her embarrassment and responds inwardly with anger.

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