Преступление и наказание

Chapter 7

           Nowhehadpassedthefirstfloor,nowhewasmountinghigher,itwasgrowingmoreandmoredistinct!Hecouldhearhisheavybreathing.Andnowthethirdstoreyhadbeenreached.Cominghere!Anditseemedtohimallatoncethathewasturnedtostone,thatitwaslikeadreaminwhichoneisbeingpursued,nearlycaughtandwillbekilled,andisrootedtothespotandcannotevenmoveone’sarms.

           Atlastwhentheunknownwasmountingtothefourthfloor,hesuddenlystarted,andsucceededinslippingneatlyandquicklybackintotheflatandclosingthedoorbehindhim.Thenhetookthehookandsoftly,noiselessly,fixeditinthecatch.Instincthelpedhim.Whenhehaddonethis,hecrouchedholdinghisbreath,bythedoor.Theunknownvisitorwasbynowalsoatthedoor.Theywerenowstandingoppositeoneanother,ashehadjustbeforebeenstandingwiththeoldwoman,whenthedoordividedthemandhewaslistening.

           Thevisitorpantedseveraltimes.“Hemustbeabig,fatman,”thoughtRaskolnikov,squeezingtheaxeinhishand.Itseemedlikeadreamindeed.Thevisitortookholdofthebellandrangitloudly.

           Assoonasthetinbelltinkled,Raskolnikovseemedtobeawareofsomethingmovingintheroom.Forsomesecondshelistenedquiteseriously.Theunknownrangagain,waitedandsuddenlytuggedviolentlyandimpatientlyatthehandleofthedoor.Raskolnikovgazedinhorroratthehookshakinginitsfastening,andinblankterrorexpectedeveryminutethatthefasteningwouldbepulledout.

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