Преступление и наказание

Chapter 2

           “HereIcouldthrowitallinaheapandgetaway!”

           Lookingroundoncemore,withhishandalreadyinhispocket,henoticedagainsttheouterwall,betweentheentranceandthesink,abigunhewnstone,weighingperhapssixtypounds.Theothersideofthewallwasastreet.Hecouldhearpassers-by,alwaysnumerousinthatpart,buthecouldnotbeseenfromtheentrance,unlesssomeonecameinfromthestreet,whichmightwellhappenindeed,sotherewasneedofhaste.

           Hebentdownoverthestone,seizedthetopofitfirmlyinbothhands,andusingallhisstrengthturneditover.Underthestonewasasmallhollowintheground,andheimmediatelyemptiedhispocketintoit.Thepurselayatthetop,andyetthehollowwasnotfilledup.Thenheseizedthestoneagainandwithonetwistturneditback,sothatitwasinthesamepositionagain,thoughitstoodaverylittlehigher.Buthescrapedtheearthaboutitandpresseditattheedgeswithhisfoot.Nothingcouldbenoticed.

           Thenhewentout,andturnedintothesquare.Againanintense,almostunbearablejoyoverwhelmedhimforaninstant,asithadinthepolice-office.“Ihaveburiedmytracks!Andwho,whocanthinkoflookingunderthatstone?Ithasbeenlyingtheremostlikelyeversincethehousewasbuilt,andwilllieasmanyyearsmore.Andifitwerefound,whowouldthinkofme?Itisallover!Noclue!”Andhelaughed.Yes,herememberedthathebeganlaughingathin,nervousnoiselesslaugh,andwentonlaughingallthetimehewascrossingthesquare.

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