It was all very vague . Who had taken the letters , if letters there were ? Probably Vera -- and how could Lebedeff have got them ? In all probability , he had managed to steal the present letter from Vera , and had himself gone over to Lizabetha Prokofievna with some idea in his head .
Все было очень неопределенно. Кто взял письма, если письма были? Вероятно, Вера — а откуда они у Лебедева? По всей вероятности, настоящее письмо он успел выкрасть у Веры и сам подошел к Лизавете Прокофьевне с какой-то идеей в голове.