CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Dounia did not reply "What is your decision, Rodya? ' ' asked Pulcheria Alexandrovna. 、、 What decision? ” 、、 Pyotr Petrovitch writes that you are not to be with us this evening, and that he will go away if you come. SO will you ... come?" "That's not for me to decide, but for you. I'II do what you think best. ' "Dounia has decided, and I agree with her," pul- cheria AIexandrovna declared. "I decided to ask you, Rodya, to tell you, ⅲ fact, not tO fail tO be with us at this interview," said Dou- nia. 、。石 .II you come? ' ' "Yes. ” "I will ask you, t00 , to be with us at eight o'clock," she said tO Razumihin. "WeII, since you have decided," added Pulcheria Alexandrovna, "so be it. I feel easier myself. I do not like hiding things. Better [ 0 have the truth! ' ' 74

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT you information, and every means for you tO defend yourself? ' ' RaskoInikov, rising, said loudly, 、 'I want to know, am I free or am I a suspect? Tell me, Porfiry Petro- vitch, once for all! ' ' "What a business l'm having with you ! ' ' Porfiry cried. "l repeat,' Rask01nikov cried angrily, "that I can't put up with it!" 、。嶬 h what? Uncertainty?" interrupted Porfiry. "Don't make fun 0f me! I won't have it! I にⅡ you I won't have it. "Quiet! They'II hear you ! ' ' RaskoInikov fell into a fury "I will not allow myself to be toyed with," he cried. 、 'Take me t0 jail, search me, but kindly act ⅲ due form and don't play with me ! Don't dare! 。 ' 、 'Don't worry about form," porfiry said. 当 invited you t0 see me ⅲ a friendly way. 、、 I don't want your friendship ! And, here, I take my cap and go. What will you say now if you mean tO put me away?" He t00k up his cap and went t0 the door. "Don't you want tO see my little surprise? ' 。 said Porfiry. "What surprise?" Raskolnikov asked, 100k ⅲ g at Porfiry with fear. 120

CHAPTER ー 。℃ an this be still a dream? ' ' Raskolnikov thought. He looked again at his visitor. "SvidrigaiIov! lt can't be ! " he said. 、 l've come concerning your SiSter. With your help. "Don't count on me for anything. 、、 I don't consider it necessary tO explain myself, Rodion Romanovitch, but kindly tell me what was particularly criminal on my part ⅲ all this? ' ' Raskolnikov looked at him ⅲ silence. 。、 That in my own house I 'wounded a girl with my proposals'—is that it? Perhaps I am the wronged one. ln suggesting she come away with me I held the deepest respect for her and thought I was doing something for the happiness of both 0f us!" 。、 That's not the point," Raskolnikov cried. 、 'lt's simply tha t we do n't like you ! ' ' Svidrigailov broke into a sudden laugh. "YouVe done away with Marfa Petrovna, t00 , they say," RaskoInikov said. 、åy mind is quite at rest on that score. The 95

PART FIVE 。、 He mentioned her character in the most ugly way with the object of dividing me from my mother and sister, suggesting I was throwing away the money they had sent me on objects not worthy of it, and which was all they had. 。、 Yesterday, I told my mother and sister I gave the money tO Katerina lvanovna for the funeral, not to Sofya Semyonovna, whom I had never seen before. Angry that my mother and sister were unwilling tO quarrel with 1 れ e , he was rude tO them. 、 'A final break took place, and he was turned out of the house. 。、 Now, if he had succeeded in proving that Sofya Semyonovna stole, he would have shown he was right. ln fact, he might have been able to separate me from my family and perhaps find favor with them again, tO say nothing Of getting even with me. That was what he was working for! ' ' "Yes, that's it," Lebeziatnikov agreed. 、、 That must be it, for he asked as soon as Sofya Semyonovna came intO our room whether you were here. lt necessary for him that you should be here ! That's it ! 。 ' Luzhin smiled weakly and did not speak. He was very pale. Everyone came round him with threats and shouts. "AIIow me, gentlemen, to pass," he cried. "And no threats, if you please ! I assure you you will gain 145

PART THREE familiar. The moon shone through the windows with a strange light. On the second Ⅱ 00r he recog- nized the flat where the painters were at work. The flat on the fourth Ⅱ 00r stood wide open. lt was dark and empty ⅲ the hall, but the living room was flooded with moon light. Everything was as before, the chairs, the looking glass, the sofa, the pictures on the wall. 、、 lt's the moon that makes it so still," thought Rask01nikov.. The greater the silence, the more his heart beat. ln the corner he saw a coat hanging on the wall. 、 Why is that coat here? ' 。 he thought. "lt wasn't there before . There was someone behind it. He moved the coat and saw, sitting on a chair, the Old woman, bent double so he couldn't see her face. He tOOk the ax from under his coat and struck her a blow, then another, on the top of her head. She didn't move. He bent to 100k at her, but she bent lower. He got on his knees tO see her face... and turned cold with fear. The old woman was shaking silently with laugh- ter. He heard laughter ⅲ the other room. He began hitting the old woman on the head with the ax. The laughter grew louder. He turned t0 run away, but the hall was full of people. 91

PART THREE at ease about Raskolnikov,. As tO "a suspicion Of him being mad," he said, his words had been greatly stretched. He t00k his leave with an impressive bOW. Avdotya Romanovna offered her hand t0 him. He went out very pleased with his visit. 。、 That's quite a girl,' he remarked [ 0 Razumihin. 'A girl? ' ' roared Razumihin, seizing him by the throat. "lf you ever dare. "Let me go, you devil," said Zossimov, laughing ・ "Of course, I れ ass," Razumihin said. "But, still, you're another. '。 "NO, brother, not such another. l'm not dreaming of foolishness. As they neared Rask01nikov's house, Razumihin said, 、 'You'II be spending the night ⅲ the landlady's flat. Here's a chance for you tO know her better. not as you think with me ! ' ' 。、 But I don't think! ' ' 、 'Here you have gentleness, brother, silence, real virtue... and yet she's longing for someone. Save me from her, by all that's holy! ' Zossimov laughed louder than ever. "But what am I [ 0 do with her? ” 。、 lt won't be much trouble. Say what you like t0 her, as long as you sit by her. She won't care whether it's you or l, SO long as somebody is beside her, 63

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT was going tO Razumihin. That's what it was... but what for? ” He had hardly any friends at the university, but had got on with Razumihin. CHAPTER V 、、 Of course! I wanted [ 0 go to Razumihin's for help getting lessons. Raskolnikov remembered. "But what shall I do with the few pennies I earn? That's not what I want now.. lt makes no sense tO go tO him now.. Then a crazy thought came into his head: "I shall go t0 Razumihin's... but not now. I shall go... on the day after lt, when lt will be over.. 、 'After lt! ' ' he cried. 。、 ls it possible lt really will He went intO a tavern and drank a glass Of vodka. The vodka affected him at once. On the way home he sank upon the grass and had a dream. He dreamed he was seven, walking with his father in the country. Near the entrance tO a tavern 12

CHAPTER Ⅱ The man said, 。、 I can tell you re an educated man. Marmeladov's 1 れ y name. He came and sat beside him. 。、 Being poor, sir," he said, "is not a sin. But beg- ging is. When you are poor you keep your honor, but if you beg, never ! Have you ever slept on a barge?" 。、 No , ' ' Raskolnikov answered. "WeII, it's the fifth night l've slept so... My wife had the best education. She was a widow with three small children. I, a widower with a daughter of four- teen, offered her my hand. She accepted! "For a year I didn't touch a drop. Through no fault of mine, I lost my job. Then I did touch a drop! I found another job. And lost it again... because of my weakness. NOW Ⅵ℃ share a room in a boarding house. HOW we live I can't say.. My daughter Sonia has grown up. Katerina lva- novna says tO her one day, 、 Here you live with us. You eat, drink, and are kept warm, yet do nothing to help. 5

CHAPTER IV "You know," began Svidrigailov, "that I was ⅲ prison for a huge sum, with no idea of being able to pay it. Marfa Petrovna bought me out. DO you know tO what a point of madness a 、 V01 れ an can sometimes love? would you believe this honest 、 V01 れ an entered intO a contract with me? "The contract was that I would never part from her, never absent without permission, ever have a serious love affair. She tOOk a chance taking a beautiful creature as your sister intO her house . "Luzhin charged you with having caused the death of a child. ls thattrue? ” Judge how grateful I must be to Marfa Petro- vna for repeating such talk. I dare not guess what impression it made on Avdotya Romanovna. 、 'ln any case, it worked in my interest. She did at least feel pity for me. And once a girl's heart is moved tO pity, she is bound to want to 'save him' and return him tO a new and useful life. 、、 There happened [ 0 be a girl in the house, 175

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Sonia. How weak he had been to agree with her that he could not go on living with such a thing on his mind! Svidrigailov worried him. He might still have a struggle with him. Or he might be a means of escape. Porfiry was a different matter. To think he should for one moment believe Nikolay was guilty after what had passed between them! Rask01nikov took his cap and went out. "I must settle SvidrigaiIov," he thought, "and as soon as possible. He, t00 , seems tO be waiting for 1 れ e tO come tO him. No sooner had he opened the door than he ran intO Porfiry coming to see him. RaskoInikov was shocked. "You didn't expect a visitor, Rodion Romanovitch,' Porfiry said, laughing. "IVe been meaning to look ⅲ a long time. Are you going out? I won't keep you. Raskolnikov gave his visitor a seat. "So the moment had come, the last drops had to be drunk! ” Raskolnikov seated himself and looked at porfiry without moving. Porfiry narrowed his eyes and began lighting a C1garette. "Speak, speak," seemed as though it would burst from Raskolnikov's heart. 166