Преступление и наказание

Chapter 2

           He’sdoingpublishingofakind,andissuingnaturalsciencemanualsandwhatacirculationtheyhave!Theverytitlesareworththemoney!YoualwaysmaintainedthatIwasafool,butbyJove,myboy,therearegreaterfoolsthanIam!Nowheissettingupforbeingadvanced,notthathehasaninklingofanything,but,ofcourse,Iencouragehim.HerearetwosignaturesoftheGermantextinmyopinion,thecrudestcharlatanism;itdiscussesthequestion,‘Iswomanahumanbeing?’And,ofcourse,triumphantlyprovesthatsheis.Heruvimovisgoingtobringoutthisworkasacontributiontothewomanquestion;Iamtranslatingit;hewillexpandthesetwoandahalfsignaturesintosix,weshallmakeupagorgeoustitlehalfapagelongandbringitoutathalfarouble.Itwilldo!Hepaysmesixroublesthesignature,itworksouttoaboutfifteenroublesforthejob,andI’vehadsixalreadyinadvance.Whenwehavefinishedthis,wearegoingtobeginatranslationaboutwhales,andthensomeofthedullestscandalsoutofthesecondpartofLesConfessionswehavemarkedfortranslation;somebodyhastoldHeruvimov,thatRousseauwasakindofRadishchev.YoumaybesureIdon’tcontradicthim,hanghim!Well,wouldyouliketodothesecondsignatureof‘Iswomanahumanbeing?’Ifyouwould,taketheGermanandpensandpaperallthoseareprovided,andtakethreeroubles;forasIhavehadsixroublesinadvanceonthewholething,threeroublescometoyouforyourshare.

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